# Bennett v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · October 21, 1987 · 742 S.W.2d 664

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9644918

## Case

- **Full name:** Baby Ray BENNETT, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** October 21, 1987
- **Citations:** 742 S.W.2d 664; 1987 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 669; 1987 WL 998
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Teague
- **Judges:** Miller, Teague, Clinton, Duncan, Grigson
- **Cited by:** 34 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Vacated on other grounds by Bennett v. Texas, 486 U.S. 1051 (1988).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9644918

## Opinion text

TEAGUE, J.,
dissents, and especially dissents to the total disposition of points of error numbered 1-5, inclusive, and to most of the reasoning that is used to overrule the other points of error.
CLINTON, and DUNCAN, JJ., dissent to holding that admitting testimony of Dr. Grigson is harmless error.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9644918. Public record. Not legal advice.