Legal Opinion

Jon Thomas Ford v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided August 20, 2014No. 04-12-00317-CRPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by:

MARIALYN BARNARD, Justice.

A jury found appellant Jon Thomas Ford guilty of the offense of murder. Based on the jury’s recommendation, the trial court sentenced him to forty years’ imprisonment. Ford raises eighteen points of error on appeal, asking this court to reverse his convictions. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Background

On December 31, 2008, Dana Clair Edwards attended a New Year’s Eve party with her friends Melissa Federspill and Alan Tarver at the home of a mutual friend. Edwards’s ex-boyfriend, Jon Thomas Ford, and other guests also attended the party.…

2Cases cited65 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. United States v. Javier GuerreroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  2. Ford, Jon ThomasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
  3. Rebecca Victoria Humaran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  4. Hankston, Gareic JerardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
  5. Horton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017

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