Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Zepeda

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 4, 1991No. 71272PublishedCited by 137 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

This is a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. Applicant was convicted of murder and sentenced to confinement for life. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Zepeda v. State, No. 04-83-00320-CR (Tex.App.—San Antonio, delivered April 18, 1984, no pet.). The judge of the convicting court made findings favorable to applicant’s claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during his trial for murder because counsel failed to object to the omission of a jury instruction concerning accomplice witness testimony…

3Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Saunders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. East v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Hendricks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

4Cited by137 opinions

  1. Herron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Cocke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  3. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
  4. Frangias v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  5. Royerick Washington v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013

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