Legal Opinion

Dedesma v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided April 11, 1991No. 13-90-130-CRPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant, Ruben Francisco Dedesma, Jr., guilty of aggravated robbery and assessed as punishment twenty-five years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. By eleven points of error, appellant complains that the trial court erred by denying his motion for new trial and failing to allow effective cross-examination. He also complains of charge error and ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

The State’s evidence shows that on March 20,1988, at approximately 9:30 p.m., appellant and a…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Loun v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008
  2. Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2000
  3. Green v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1992
  4. Ramirez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1992
  5. Reyes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1992

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