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York v. State

Citations

  • 566 S.W.2d 936
  • 1978 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1180

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that introduction of evidence following guilty plea “is to enable the [factfinder] to intelligently exercise the discretion which the law vests in them to assess the penalty”
  • explaining that when 6 defendant enters guilty plea, testimony concerning circumstances of offense is admissible during punishment to ―enable the jury to intelligently exercise the discretion which the law vests in them to assess the penalty‖
  • holding omission of part of clause “without the effective consent of the owner” from judicial confession made confession insufficient to support conviction because necessary element of offense of burglary of habitation was not established by any other evidence.
  • relevant facts admissible under plea of not guilty also admissible under plea of guilty

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Judges: Douglas, Phillips, Davis

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