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MULLINS v. STATE

No. 45979.

492 S.W.2d 277 (1973)

Harold Lee MULLINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Gabriel Nahas, Jr., and James M. Beauchamp, Houston, for appellant.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and I. D. McMasters, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a murder conviction wherein the jury assessed the punishment at life.

At the outset, we are confronted with the most serious question in the case—the introduction, at the penalty stage of the trial, over objection, of a portion of a prison packet from the State of Arkansas to show appellant's "prior criminal record." Appellant contends that...

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