Legal Opinion
Ybarra v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided July 23, 1997No. 05-96-00099-CRPublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAPMAN, Justice.
Appellant pleaded guilty with no agreement on punishment to conspiracy to possess marijuana in an amount less than 200 pounds, but greater than fifty pounds. The trial court assessed punishment at fifty years’ confinement. In five points of error, appellant generally contends: (1) the punishment assessed was not authorized by statute; (2) the evidence is legally and factually insuf ficient to support his conviction; and (3) his guilty plea was not voluntary. We affirm.
Punishment
In his first point of error, appellant contends his fifty-year sentence was outside the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Dinnery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Ybarra v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- Keller v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2003
- Ramirez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- Ducker v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2001
- Singleton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1999
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