Court Opinion

ID: 9640673
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:11:45.454167+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:31.610320
License: Public Domain

BURGESS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result. I write to take issue with the majority’s handling of the final point of error. While it is true the complained of argument is summarized without reference to the record, the argument was previously noted verbatim and by reference to the record in two places within the factual discussion of the case and in points of error 1A, IB and 1C. Consequently, I would address the point of error directly.
In that connection, there was no objection to any of the items mentioned by the prosecutor in his final summation on possession, e.g., the $123 found in the glove compartment, the digital pager found on the passenger and the $1,267 found on appellant. Therefore, the prosecutor was only arguing the evidence and reasonable deductions from that evidence and the point of error should be overruled on that basis. Gaddis v. State, 753 S.W.2d 396 (Tex.Crim.App.1988). However, this ruling should not be viewed as authoritative on the admissibility of the evidence since that issue was not before the court.