Legal Opinion

Gamez v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 2, 1983No. 04-81-00287-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REEVES, Justice.

Appellant, Jesus Martinez Gamez, was convicted of the capital murder of Joe Ban-da. He was assessed punishment at life imprisonment. We affirm.

Appellant’s first four grounds of error complain that a witness for the State, Richard Sanchez, was an accomplice as a matter of law; that the court erred in submitting Sanchez’s status as an accomplice to the jury as a question of fact; that the evidence is insufficient to corroborate the testimony of Sanchez, and; that the evidence is insufficient to corroborate the testimony of Frank San Miguel, a State’s witness and an…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pitts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  2. May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. English v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Gamez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. State v. WhitteySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
  3. Ford v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. Derrick Kevin Metcalf v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2020
  5. Gamez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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