Court Opinion

ID: 9771740
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:52:17.354494+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:35.879171
License: Public Domain

MANSFIELD, Judge,
concurring.
I join the well-written and well-reasoned opinion of the Court. While I believe that Garrett v. State, 851 S.W.2d 853 (Tex.Crim.App.1993), was wrongfully decided, it is, unless and until overruled, the law. I agree that the majority’s holding that Garrett error is “error affecting punishment only” is correct in light of the Supreme Court’s holdings in Witherspoon, Bumper, Wainwright, and this Court’s holdings in Cuevas and Jones.