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McFarland v. State

Citations

  • 845 S.W.2d 824
  • 1992 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 251
  • 1992 WL 438312

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that critical factor in Rule 803(2) analysis is whether declarant was still dominated by emotions, excitement, fear, or pain of event
  • holding that failure of counsel to object to admissible evidence did not satisfy the first prong of the Strickland analysis
  • holding that a defendant could not claim that his counsel was ineffective by taking a course of action that the defendant specifically requested
  • holding that no reversible error existed when same argument is presented elsewhere in trial without objection
  • holding that no reversible error exists when same evidence is presented elsewhere during trial without objection
  • holding that statement must be product of a startling event

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Judges: Campbell, Overstreet, Benavides, Clinton, Baird

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