Court Opinion

ID: 9676134
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:15:46.269536+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:44.373803
License: Public Domain

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur with the conclusion that, although it was error for the judge to comment on the weight of the evidence and convey his opinion of the ease, appellant did not preserve his complaint for review. I hold that under the circumstances of this case, this did not constitute fundamental error.
However, I cannot agree with the assertion that all errors of this type can be readily cured with a proper jury instruction. While this may normally be true, there could be those occasions when the nature of the judge’s remarks would be so egregious as to be “incurable.” Accordingly, I would not hold that the article 38.05 right of a defendant is necessarily forfeitable by inaction in all cases.