# Anderson v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · September 11, 1996 · 932 S.W.2d 502

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9763533

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert James ANDERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** September 11, 1996
- **Citations:** 932 S.W.2d 502; 1996 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 193; 1996 WL 512397
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Baird
- **Judges:** Keller, Baird, Overstreet, Clinton
- **Cited by:** 145 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that the death penalty was not ―unusual‖ under the Texas Constitution 3 But see Anderson, 932 S.W.2d at 509 (―We do not decide whether the state constitutional provision is broader than its counterpart.‖). 5 because the Court of Criminal Appeals ―has never in its histo…
- explaining that “only exception” to adverse-ruling requirement “occurs if an instruction to disregard would not have cured the harm”
- finding defendant did not receive adverse ruling where counsel objected to improper argument, and trial court replied, “The jury’s been instructed. [State], you have two minutes left”
- holding that capital punishment is neither cruel nor unusual for purposes of the Texas Constitution
- holding that capital punishment is neither cruel nor unusual for purposes of Texas Constitution

## Opinion text

BAIRD, J.,
concurring.
I concur in the resolution of points of error twenty, twenty-four and twenty-five for the reasons stated in Francis v. State, 922 S.W.2d 176, 177 (Tex.Cr.App.1996)(Baird, J., concurring and dissenting). However, I disagree with the majority's treatment of point of error six for the reasons stated in Morris v. State, — S.W.2d —(Tex.Cr.App. No. 71,799, 1996 WL 514833 , delivered this dayXBaird, J., dissenting). Accordingly, I join only the judgment of the Court.

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