Opinion

Lawton v. State

  • 913 S.W.2d 542
  • 1995 WL 713023
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Jan 17, 1996
Status
Published
Author
Baird
On the bench
Meyers, Baird, Clinton, Maloney, Overstreet, Mansfield
Cited by
469 cases

Overruled on other grounds by Mosley v. State, 1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 86 (1998)

holding that the trial court did not err in failing to quash an indictment because it allegedly contained erroneous alternative theories of the offense when the evidence supported the defendant’s conviction under another theory

How later courts described this case

  • holding that the trial court did not err in failing to quash an indictment because it allegedly contained erroneous alternative theories of the offense when the evidence supported the defendant’s conviction under another theory
  • holding that the critical factor in determining when a statement is an excited utterance is whether the declarant was still dominated by the emotions, excitement, fear, or pain of the event
  • holding that, if violence occurs after offender has abandoned theft and is escaping, no intent to control property during escape need be shown
  • holding that Article 33.03 does not necessarily apply to every pre-trial hearing that concerns a prospective juror

Written by the judges who cited it.

Later courts went against this

  • Overruled on other grounds by Mosley v. State, 1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 86 (1998)

    913 S.W.2d 542, 554, 558, 560 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995) (failure to adequately brief 16 issue, either by failing to specifically argue and analyze one’s position or provide authorities and record citations, waives any error on appeal), overruled on other grounds by Mosley v. State, 983 S.W.2d 249
    Court of Criminal Appeals of TexasJul 1, 199854 citing opinionsother groundsRead it

The opinion

BAIRD, J.,

concurs. Regardmg points of error three, four and five, I join the concurring opimon of Judge Maloney. As to point of error eight, I believe the trial judge erred in admitting the hearsay statements. However, I believe the error was cured because the declarant, Featherstone, testified at trial and during Ms testimony he recounted Ms conversation to Detective Hukill. I join the remamder of the majority opimon.

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