# Sikes v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · October 17, 1973 · 500 S.W.2d 650

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9765118

## Case

- **Full name:** James Richard SIKES, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** October 17, 1973
- **Citations:** 500 S.W.2d 650; 1973 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1915
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Roberts
- **Judges:** Roberts, Douglas
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ROBERTS, Judge
(concurring).
Under the particular facts and circumstances involved in this cause, I concur in the result reached. However, I would add *653 the following admonition — today’s opinion should not be taken as an erosion of the rule that prosecutors must not inject their personal opinion of the accused’s guilt or innocence, aside from a discussion of the testimony. The present case comes dangerously close to violating that rule. Baldwin v. State, 499 S.W.2d 7 (Tex.Cr.App., 1973).

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