Legal Opinion

Hartsfield v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided August 23, 2006No. 06-05-00271-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CARTER.

Darnell Hartsfield was convicted of aggravated perjury and, after pleading true to six felony enhancement allegations, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Background Facts

On September 23,1983, five people were abducted from a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant in Kilgore, Texas. 1 Hours later, their bodies were found on an oil lease in Rusk County. On learning of the abduction, police officers, including Elliott and Captain Marvin Avance, went to KFC and found the restaurant in disarray, with blood…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  2. City of Brownsville v. AlvaradoTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Stoker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Faulder v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Hartsfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2010
  2. Alberto Alba Villarreal v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. Rodolfo Dominguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
  4. Mohammed Haq v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013
  5. Adrian Heath v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2016

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