Legal Opinion

Munoz v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 25, 1975No. 50077PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the court at fifteen years.

Alicia Mata testified that appellant and Ricardo Gonzalez got into an argument at the La Esquina Bar in McAllen on May 15, 1973. A short time later Gonzalez was shot outside the bar. He died a few hours later in the McAllen hospital as a result of gunshot wounds.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Appellant complains of the admission into evidence of a dying declaration and of a purported refusal of the jury foreman to ask that the testimony concerning the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Arivette v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Calverley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Whitson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Simmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Daniels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  3. Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. State v. ScotchelWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1986

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