Legal Opinion

Navarro v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided December 6, 1989No. 13-88-392-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed punishment at 10 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. We reverse and remand the cause to the trial court for the entry of an acquittal.

In his first point of error, appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to show that he was a party to the murder committed by his co-defendant Pablo Macias. 1

We will summarize the facts of the case in the light most favorable to the verdict. In the early morning hours of December 25, 1987, appellant and Macias were at a Houston bar. When the bar closed around 4:00…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Cordova v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Burdine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Flanagan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Beier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Tippitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2001
  2. Serna v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1994
  3. Hoang v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2006
  4. Gross v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
  5. Hooper v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2005

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