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Edwards v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jan 30, 2002
67 S.W.3d 228 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002)

Summary

stating fact finder may draw reasonable inferences from the evidence as presented within the context of the crime

Summary of this case from Johnson v. State

Opinion

No. 0373-00.

Date delivered: January 30, 2002.

On Appellant's Petition For Discretionary Review From The Fourteenth Court Of Appeals Harris County.

Bob Wicoff, Houston, for Appellant.

Bridget R. Anderson, Asst. DA, Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

The opinion was delivered Per Curiam. WOMACK, J., concurred in the judgment.


OPINION


Appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery. During the punishment phase, the trial court submitted the mandatory jury instruction under Article 37.07, § 4(a), concerning the parole laws and the existence of good conduct time. No objection was made to this charge. The jury convicted appellant and assessed punishment at twenty years in prison. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed, rejecting appellant's assertion that the jury charge is unconstitutional as applied to him. Appellant now complains, as he did below, that the charge violated his rights to Due Process of Law under the United States Constitution and Due Course of Law under the Texas Constitution.

Edwards v. State, 10 S.W.3d 699, 705 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1999).

Having examined the record and considered the arguments in the case, we conclude that our decision to grant review was improvident. Appellant's petition for discretionary review is dismissed.


Summaries of

Edwards v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jan 30, 2002
67 S.W.3d 228 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002)

stating fact finder may draw reasonable inferences from the evidence as presented within the context of the crime

Summary of this case from Johnson v. State
Case details for

Edwards v. State

Case Details

Full title:LUKE ENOCH EDWARDS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Jan 30, 2002

Citations

67 S.W.3d 228 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002)

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