Legal Opinion
Parra v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided October 25, 1996No. 06-95-00054-CRPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRANT, Justice.
Arturo Parra was tried and convicted by a jury for the offense of capital murder. The State did not seek the death penalty, and the jury assessed punishment at confinement for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Parra contends that(1) The evidence was legally insufficient to support the verdict.(2) The evidence was factually insufficient to support the verdict.(3) The trial court erred in overruling his objection to the court’s explanation of the grand jury process as a filtering mechanism that washes out the weak cases.(4) The…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
- JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TBSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- White v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1998
- Cameron v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999
- Woodall v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007
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