Legal Opinion
Jorge Cortez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided November 18, 2020No. 08-18-00156-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS JORGE CORTEZ, § No. 08-18-00156-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 243rd District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § of El Paso County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# 20170D05240) § OPINION A jury convicted Cortez, Appellant, of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.02(a)(2), (b)(providing for a second-degree-felony offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon). Cortez elected for the trial court to assess punishment, and after he pleaded true to several enhancement paragraphs alleged by the State that increased…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Massaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Rylander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Andrews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Weaver v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
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