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Temple v. State

Citations

  • 342 S.W.3d 572
  • 2010 Tex. App. LEXIS 10075
  • 2010 WL 5175018

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “the trial court erred by overruling appellant’s objection to the prosecutor’s veracity questions” but finding no reversible error
  • noting that “the State need not connect appellant to a specific murder weapon or ammunition; a conviction may be based entirely on circumstantial evidence”
  • noting that although motive is not essential element of crime, “evidence of motive is generally admissible because it is relevant as a circumstance tending to prove guilt”
  • holding appellant failed to preserve error in trial court regarding alleged prosecutorial misconduct
  • “A defendant must object each time an improper argument is made, or he waives his complaint, regardless of how egregious the argument.”
  • “A defendant must object each time an improper argument is made, or he waives his complaint, regardless of how egregious the argument.”

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Judges: Charles W. Seymore

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