Punishment Phase

• Author: Mark G. Daniel/Robert K. Gill
• Pages: 421-540

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Table of Contents

§20:10 Punishment Phase in General

§20:11 General Statutory Law

§20:11.1 Sample Forms for Election of Assessment of Punishment

§20:12 Punishment Phase Law in General

§20:13 Punishment Phase Following Plea of Guilty

§20:14 Retrials Following a Reversal for Punishment Phase Error Only

§20:14.1 Procedural Rules

§20:14.2 Judicial Vindictiveness

§20:20 Types of Punishment Phase Evidence

§20:21 Enhancement Allegations and Evidence

§20:21.1 Statutory Law (Felonies)

§20:21.2 Statutory Law (Misdemeanors)

§20:21.3 Pleading Enhancement Allegation

§20:21.4 Reading Enhancement Allegation

§20:21.5 Burden of Proving Enhancement Allegations

§20:21.5.1 Proof of Finality

§20:21.5.2 Relevance (Proof of Identity)

§20:21.6 Methods of Proving Enhancement Allegations

§20:21.6.1 Penitentiary Packets

§20:21.6.2 Trial Court Records and Other Records

§20:21.6.3 Defendant’s Plea of True to Allegation

§20:21.6.4 Stipulations Between State and Defendant

§20:21.6.5 Admissions by Defendant

§20:21.6.6 Testimony by Witness With Personal Knowledge

§20:21.7 Types of Enhancement Allegations

§20:21.7.1 Repetition Allegations

§20:21.7.2 Habitual Allegations

§20:21.7.3 Sex Offender Allegations

§20:21.7.4 Enhancements of State Jail Felonies

§20:21.7.4.1 Defendants Punished Under Penal Code

§12.35(c)

§20:21.7.4.2 Defendants Punished Under Penal Code

§12.35(a)

§20:21.7.5 Enhancements for Hate Crimes

§20:21.7.6 Enhancement if Controlled Substance Used to Commit Offense

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§20:21.7.7 Juvenile Adjudications Used for Enhancement Purposes

§20:21.7.8 Unclassified Felony Offenses and Foreign Felony Offenses

§20:21.7.9 Drug Free Zone Enhancements

§20:21.7.10 Bigamy Enhancements

§20:21.7.10.1 Statutory Law

§20:21.7.10.2 Case Law

§20:21.8 Attacking Enhancement Allegations and Proof

§20:21.8.1 Attacking Void Prior Convictions

§20:21.8.2 Attacking Voidable Prior Convictions

§20:21.8.3 Attacking Prior Convictions Used for Jurisdictional Purposes

§20:21.8.4 Examples of Void Sentences

§20:21.8.5 Examples of Sentences Which Are Not Void But Are

“Voidable”

§20:22 Victim Impact Evidence

§20:22.1 Victim Impact Evidence in Non-Capital Cases

§20:22.2 Victim Impact Evidence in Capital Cases

§20:22.3 Execution Impact Evidence

§20:23 Victim Character Evidence

§20:24 Extraneous Of fenses and Bad Acts

§20:24.1 Admissibility of Extraneous Offenses and Bad Acts Under Art. 37.07

§20:24.2 Admissibility of Extraneous Offenses and Bad Acts Under Art. 37.071

§20:24.3 Form: Motion to Declare Crim. Proc. Art. 37.07, §3(a), Unconstitutional

§20:24.4 Form: Defendant’s Objection to Use of Unadjudicated Extraneous Offenses

§20:24.5 Admissibility of Extraneous Offenses and Bad Acts in Rebuttal to Defensive

Evidence

§20:24.6 Extraneous Offenses Under Art. 37.071

§20:24.7 Extraneous Offense Jury Charge Issues

§20:25 Evidence of Character of Defendant

§20:25.1 Reputation Evidence of Defendant’s Character

§20:25.2 Cross-Examining Reputation Witness

§20:25.3 Opinion Evidence of Defendant’s Character

§20:25.4 Cross-Examining Opinion Witness

§20:25.5 Gang Affiliation Evidence of Defendant’s Character

§20:25.6 Other Evidence of Defendant’s Character

§20:26 Prior Criminal Record of Defendant

§20:27 Evidence in Mitigation of Punishment

§20:27.1 Temporary Insanity by Intoxication

§20:27.1.1 Statutory Law

§20:27.1.2 Case Law

§20:28 Notice of Intent to Use Ar t. 37.07 Evidence

§20:28.1 Notice in General

§20:28.2 Requesting Notice

§20:28.3 Reasonableness of Notice

§20:28.4 Sufficiency of Notice

§20:28.5 Form: Request for Notice of State’s Intention to Introduce Evidence of Other

Crimes, Wrongs or Acts Under Article 37.07

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§20:29 Right to Silence at Punishment Hearing

§20:30 Sudden Passion Evidence in Murder Cases

§20:40 Miscellaneous Punishment Provisions

§20:41 Reduction of Punishment to Class A Misdemeanor

§20:42 Plea in Bar

§20:43 Limited Use of Prior Convictions

§§20:50 - 20:80 [Reserved]

§20:90 Community Supervision

§20:91 General Provisions

§20:91.1 Definition of Community Supervision

§20:91.2 Constitutional Authority for Community Supervision

§20:91.3 Purpose of Community Supervision

§20:91.4 Eligibility for Community Supervision

§20:91.5 Judge Ordered Community Supervision and Limitations

§20:91.6 Jury Recommended Community Supervision and Limitations

§20:91.7 Judge Ordered Deferred Adjudication and Limitations

§20:91.7.1 Deferred Adjudication in Sex Offenses

§20:91.8 Jury Ordered Deferred Adjudication

§20:92 Term or Length of Court Ordered Community Supervision

§20:92.1 Felony Cases

§20:92.2 State Jail Felony Cases

§20:92.3 Misdemeanor Cases

§20:92.4 Extensions of Community Supervision Period

§20:92.4.1 Felony Cases

§20:92.4.2 State Jail Felony Cases

§20:92.4.3 Misdemeanor Cases

§20:92.4.4 Extensions of Community Supervision for Sex Offenders

§20:92.5 Early Termination of Community Supervision

§20:92.5.1 Early Termination of Suspended Sentences

§20:92.5.2 Early Termination of Suspended Sentences Not Permitted for

Certain Offenses

§20:92.5.3 Early Termination of Deferred Adjudication Community

Supervision

§20:92.5.3.1 Deferred Adjudications for Offenses

Committed on or After September 1, 1999

§20:92.5.3.2 No Early Release for Sex Offenders

§20:92.5.4 Form: Motion for Early Release From Community Supervision

§20:92.5.5 Form: Order Reducing and Terminating Probation

§20:92.6 Expiration of Community Supervision

§20:92.6.1 Expiration of Suspended Sentences

§20:92.6.2 Later Use of Expired Suspended Sentences

§20:92.6.3 Expiration of Deferred Adjudication Community Supervision

§20:92.6.3.1 Deferred Adjudications for Offenses

Committed on or After September 1, 1999

§20:92.6.4 Effect of Dismissal and Discharge of Deferred Adjudication