Legal Opinion

Santacruz v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided May 11, 1998No. 07-97-0184-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Justice.

Javier Ramirez Santaeruz appeals his conviction for possessing a controlled substance. His three points of error involve whether 1) the trial court erred in refusing to grant him a new trial because the jurors purportedly received evidence after retiring to deliberate over punishment and misconducted themselves and 2) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. We affirm.

Points of Error One and Two

Since points one and two involve the court’s refusal to grant a new trial, they will be considered together. According to appellant, he was entitled to new trial because…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Cantu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. State v. GonzalezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Decker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Tucker v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2000
  2. Ford v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2003
  3. White v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1999
  4. Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2008
  5. Arthur Raybon v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2001

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