Clarence Brown v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court and the intermediate appellate court, holding that the prosecutor's question about probation revocation was improper but harmless, that the admission of the pen packet was not preserved for review, and that the prosecutor's comments urging a verdict did not constitute reversible error. Two dissenting judges argued that the majority misapplied Cross and Roliard and that the prosecutor's remarks were prejudicial, urging reversal of the convictions.