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Logan v. State

Citations

  • 698 S.W.2d 680
  • 1985 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1728

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

  • holding that instruction to disregard cured prejudice created by prosecutor's reference to homosexual relationship between defendant and her alibi witness
  • “[N]ot every improper argument by a prosecuting attorney will cause a conviction to be reversed.”
  • jury argument is incurable if it is extreme or manifestly improper, injects new and harmful facts into the case, or violates a mandatory statutory provision and is so inflammatory that its prejudicial effect cannot reasonably be cured by instruction to disregard

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Judges: Teague, Onion, Clinton, Miller

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