MIRANDA v. STATE

No. 01-81-0218-CR.

630 S.W.2d 360 (1982)

Roland Pena MIRANDA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Discretionary Review Refused May 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Vernon Johnson, Dallas, for appellant.

Alvin M. Titus, Houston, for appellee.

Before SMITH, BASS and DYESS, JJ.


DYESS, Justice.

The appellant was found by the jury to be guilty of aggravated rape. Punishment was assessed by the trial court at imprisonment for twenty years.

The appellant is before this court upon a single ground of error. In this ground he complains that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine a character witness for the appellant by asking "Have you heard" questions relating to two prior criminal offenses because 1) the suggestion...

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