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Sanchez v. State

Citations

  • 120 S.W.3d 359
  • 2003 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 827
  • 2003 WL 22682481

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  • holding that if any harm analysis applied, the error would be harmful under any standard of review
  • holding that if any harm analysis applied, the error would be harmful under any standard of review
  • noting that the constitutional right to a jury trial is one which cannot be forfeited absent an express waiver
  • noting that the constitutional right to a jury trial is one which cannot be forfeited absent an express waiver
  • explaining that “[t]he right to be charged by an instrument that is free of defects, errors, and omissions” is “a forfeitable right” and any error in charging instrument must be objected to “before trial”
  • explaining that defendant has affirmative duty to object to any defect in indictment before trial and that failure to do so prevents defendant from raising claim of defect for the first time on appeal

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Judges: Womack, Keller, Meyers, Price, Johnson, Keasler, Holcomb, Cochran, Hervey

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