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Hall v StateMay 30, 2001No. 878-00 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. 878-00 CORBETT HALL JR., Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S CROSS-PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SECOND COURT OF APPEALS WICHITA COUNTY The opinion was delivered per curiam. O P I N I O N Hall received a life sentence for aggravated sexual assault. The Court of Appeals held that during the closing argument of the punishment phase, the State improperly commented on Hall’s failure to testify.1 As a result, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded this case to the trial court for a new punishment hearing.2 We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to address whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that there was a comment on Hall’s failure to testify. We have determined that our decision to grant review was improvident. Therefore, the petition is dismissed. DATE DELIVERED: May 30, 2001 PUBLISH 1 Hall v. State, 13 S.W.3d 115, 120 (Tex. App. – Ft. Worth 2000). 2 Id. This information is made available as a free public service for your personal, non-commercial use. While every effort has been made to provide accurate material at this site, it is provided "as is" and no representations are made that it is free of mistakes or inaccuracies. This file was derived from the text posted on the web site of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, by the automatic operation of conversion software, and may contain errors. Baker's Legal Pages are a public service of Freelance Enterprises, Inc.
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