# Ransonette v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · October 6, 1976 · 550 S.W.2d 36

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9769533

## Case

- **Full name:** Franklin Joseph RANSONETTE, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** October 6, 1976
- **Citations:** 550 S.W.2d 36; 1976 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1066
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Roberts
- **Judges:** Brown, Dally, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 118 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding that waiver of final argument, in the punishment phase of trial, was sound trial strategy
- reasoning that waiver of final argument at punishment phase was trial strategy

## Opinion text

ROBERTS, Judge
(dissenting).
I dissent on the grounds there was no direct evidence adduced against the appellant herein and a request for a charge on circumstantial evidence was denied, thus depriving the appellant herein of a valuable right and sub silentio overruling 125 years of law in this State.
The majority agree that the failure to give the charge was “clearly error.” In view of the five thousand five (5005) year sentence assessed by the jury, I cannot agree that the error was harmless.

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