Legal Opinion
Queen v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided June 4, 1997No. 03-95-00738-CRPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
Ernest Saldana was robbed and beaten to death in his Austin apartment on November 3, 1994. Based on this incident, a jury convicted appellant of capital murder, aggravated robbery, and engaging in organized criminal activity. Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 19.03(a)(2), 29.03(a)(1) (West 1994), § 71.02(a)(1) (West Supp.1997). 1 The State having waived the death penalty, the district court assessed appellant’s punishment for capital murder at imprisonment for life. Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 37.071, § 1 (West Supp.1997). The court assessed punishment at imprisonment for fifty years…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Hutchins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
- In re L.M.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Tippitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Patterson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
- Jonathan D. Canfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
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