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· 1/17/1990

Miller-El v. State

Citations

  • 782 S.W.2d 892
  • 1990 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1
  • 1990 WL 2421

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that Texas Rule of Evidence 401 \is helpful to determine what should be admissible under article 37.07 section 3(a)\
  • holding that the victim-impact evidence at issue was inadmissable because it did not have a tendency to make more or less probable the existence of any fact of consequence at the guilt stage of trial
  • holding that evidence of victim’s future hardship as a paraplegic was irrelevant to any guilt issue and, thus, inadmissible during guilt stage of trial for attempted capital murder but was relevant and admissible during punishment phase
  • holding that evidence of future hardship for attempted murder victim himself on account of his paralysis caused by the assault was not admissible at the guilt stage of trial, citing Tex. R. Cr. Evid. 401, now Tex. R. Evid.401
  • holding in attempted murder case that testimony regarding victim = s medical prognosis properly admitted
  • holding that evidence of future hardship for attempted murder victim himself on account of his paralysis caused by the assault was not admissible at the guilt stage of trial, citing TEX . R. CR. EVID . 401, now TEX . R. EVID .401

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Judges: Clinton, McCormick, Duncan, Teague

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