COCKERHAM v. STATE

No. 13-85-087-CR.

703 S.W.2d 334 (1985)

Freddie Joe COCKERHAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

December 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Van Cleve, Arlington, John H. Hagler, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Dallas, for appellee.

Before SEERDEN, UTTER and KENNEDY, JJ.


OPINION

SEERDEN, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of aggravated robbery, and the court sentenced him to sixty years of confinement. Appellant alleges that the prosecutor commented on his failure to testify and that testimony regarding his defensive theory was improperly excluded. We agree that the prosecutor made an impermissible comment and reverse.

Appellant claims that a statement by the prosecutor in jury argument violated TEX. CODE CRIM.PROC...

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