Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 22 state decisions

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1. “The giving of additional instructions to a jury by the trial court without compliance with the statute requiring such communication to be in open court and in the presence of the defendant constitutes reversible error. (Citations omitted). However, the defendant must bring the error to the trial court’s attention by objection or formal bill of exception. (Citation omitted). In the absence of a showing to the contrary in the record, we presume that the trial court’s response was in open court and in appellant's presence. (Citing to Green and Smith). The record does not show that appellant objected to the trial court’s responses or perfected a bill of exception concerning the trial court’s response in violation of Article 36.27. Therefore, appellant has not shown reversible error. (Citation omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Word v. State

2. “[T]he law does not require a juror to consider any particular piece of evidence as mitigating; all the law requires is that a defendant be allowed to present relevant mitigating evidence and that the jury be provided a vehicle to give mitigating effect to that evidence if the jury finds it to be mitigating.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coble v. State

3. “This Court does not decide cases based on speculation about matters not shown in the record.”); Davis v. State, 658 S.W.2d 572, 579 (Tex.Crim.App.1983) (noting that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Amador v. State