Legal Opinion

Rivera v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided August 29, 2001No. 06-00-00207-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

John Michael Rivera was convicted of possession of more than four but less than 200 grams of heroin. Rivera was convicted by a jury, which found two enhancement paragraphs true. The court sentenced Rivera to fifty years’ confinement.

On appeal, Rivera raises five points of error: In points one and two, he attacks the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury finding that he possessed heroin found in an apartment. In points three and four, he attacks the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction for possessing…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Malone v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  2. In re K. H.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2005
  3. In re C.M.G.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2005
  4. In Re KH, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  5. Gardner, Marcello Lavello v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005

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