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EASLEY v. STATE

No. PD-1509-12.

424 S.W.3d 535 (2014)

Damian Demitrius EASLEY, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Brady , Waco, TX, for Appellant.

Alex J. Bell , Assistant District Attorney, Waco, Lisa C. McMinn , State's Attorney, Austin, TX, for the State.

OPINION

KEASLER, J., delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

The judge presiding over Damian Easley's trial prohibited Easley's counsel in voir dire from comparing other legal burdens of proof to the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt burden in criminal trials. The court of appeals found the judge's ruling to be erroneous, but harmless after applying a non-constitutional harm analysis. We affirm and overrule...

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