# Murphy v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · June 21, 1989 · 777 S.W.2d 44

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9677167

## Case

- **Full name:** Gary Lynn MURPHY, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** June 21, 1989
- **Citations:** 777 S.W.2d 44; 1989 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 142; 1988 WL 28678
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by White
- **Judges:** Clinton, White, McCormick, Teague, Duncan, Onion, Miller, Berchelmann
- **Cited by:** 153 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that possession of the fullest information possible concerning the defendant=s life and characteristics is highly relevant, if not essential, to selection of an appropriate sentence

## Opinion text

WHITE, Judge,
dissenting.
Because the majority’s opinion on rehearing withdraws probative and admissible evidence from the members of the jury, I respectfully dissent to the majority’s opinion on rehearing for the reasons explained in my dissenting opinion on original submission. Murphy v. State, 777 S.W.2d 44 (Tex.Cr.App., No. 102-86, this day decided) (dissenting opinion on original submission).
BERCHELMANN, J., joins this dissent.

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