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· 4/23/1997

Sterry v. State

Citations

  • 959 S.W.2d 249
  • 1997 Tex. App. LEXIS 2138
  • 1997 WL 196375

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that criminal defendant has no constitutional right to have jury assess punishment, but does have statutory right to have jury assess punishment, and this valuable statutory right may not be taken away without due process of law
  • concluding that criminal defendant has no constitutional right to have jury assess punishment, but does have statutory right to have jury assess punishment, and this valuable statutory right may not be taken away without due process of law
  • “The jury is the sole judge of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight given their testimony.”

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Judges: Chapman, Whittington, Wright

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