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Staggs v. State

Citations

  • 503 S.W.2d 587
  • 1974 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1499

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  • holding it to be error to inform jury about information on punishment at the guilt/innocence stage--but not harmful
  • holding it is improper to inform jury regarding range of punishment during guilt/innocence phase of trial
  • holding it to be error to inform jury about information on punishment at the guilt/innocence stage—but not harmful
  • “[I]nformation regarding punishment in the charge at the guilt-innocence stage is improper . . . .”
  • “[I]nclusion of information regarding punishment in the charge at the guilt-innocence stage is improper.”
  • “[I]nclusion of information regarding punishment in the charge at the 2 The offense of criminal conspiracy is “one category lower than the most serious felony that is the object of the conspiracy,” here, capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 15.02(d

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Judges: Roberts

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