Legal Opinion

Elijah Covington v. the State of Texas

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided April 12, 2024No. 08-23-00176-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ELIJAH COVINGTON, Appellant, § No. 08-23-00176-CR v. Appeal from the § 384th Judicial District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § Of El Paso County, Texas Appellee. (TC# 20210D02752) MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found Appellant Elijah Covington guilty of one count of murder in the shooting death of Jamaal Jones-Aguilar and sentenced him to 29 years in prison. Appellant contends the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and urges that his sentence be reformed to reflect a conviction for the lesser-included offense of criminally…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  4. Ngo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  5. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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