Legal Opinion
Uptergrove v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided July 26, 1994No. 06-93-00066-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Chad Allen Uptergrove was convicted of capital murder after the juvenile court waived its jurisdiction and transferred him to the district court for trial as an adult. Pursuant to Tex.Code CrimProcAnn. art. 37.-071, § 1 (Vernon Supp.1994), the trial court assessed his punishment, which was set at confinement for life.
On appeal, Uptergrove contends that he was denied a fair trial because he was seen in jail clothing by some jurors; that the trial court improperly commented about an appeal of the case; that the prosecution should have been dismissed pursuant to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Bigley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
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3Cited by12 opinions
- James William Riley v. Stanley W. Taylor M. Jane BradyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Soderman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1996
- State v. Ybarra, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
- Pina v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
- A.A., Matter OfCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1996
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