CLIFTON WILLIAMS v. THE STATE OF TEXAS Appeal of Case of the 114th Judicial District Court, Smith County Womack, J., filed a concurring opinion. I join the Court's opinion, ante. I write to emphasize that we have not been asked to decide whether the instruction on mental retardation violated Article 36.14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which requires the trial judge to deliver a written charge "setting forth the law" and "not summing up the testimony, [or] discussing the facts ." Filed November 26, 2008. Publish. (concurring)

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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS





No. AP-75,541

CLIFTON WILLIAMS, Appellant

v.



THE STATE OF TEXAS





Appeal of Case 114-1505-06 of the

114th Judicial District Court,

Smith County



Womack, J., filed a concurring opinion.





I join the Court's opinion, ante. I write to emphasize that we have not been asked to decide whether the instruction on mental retardation violated Article 36.14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which requires the trial judge to deliver a written charge "setting forth the law" and "not summing up the testimony, [or] discussing the facts …."



Filed November 26, 2008.

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