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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 683 S.W.2d 393
  • 1984 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 733

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that nothing was preserved for appellate review when appellant did not cite authority and did not present argument on issue
  • holding objection for \failure to lay predicate\ too general to preserve error
  • “sufficiency of a predicate is addressed to the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion”
  • \sufficiency of a predicate is addressed to the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion\
  • \sufficiency of a predicate is addressed to the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion\ and lay witness may give \opinion regarding things within his common knowledge\
  • \sufficiency of a predicate is addressed to the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion\ and lay witness may give \opinion regarding things within his common knowledge\

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Judges: Onion, Clinton, Teague, Eaker

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