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Lewis v. State

Citations

  • 711 S.W.2d 41
  • 1986 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 745

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding trial court exceeded its authority by conducting evidentiary hearing outside scope of abatement mandate
  • finding that “the trial court exceeded her authority under the mandate of abatement,” and holding that once an appeal is abated, it is not abated for all purposes
  • finding appellate court “correctly refused to consider [ ] evidence presented by [the defendant] at his post-abatement evidentiary hearing”
  • statements of counsel are not evidence
  • statements of counsel are not evidence

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Judges: White, Onion, Clinton, Teague

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