Legal Opinion

Nzewi v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided January 24, 2012No. 14-10-00413-CRPublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHARLES W. SEYMORE, Justice.

Appellant, Chike Kodilinye Nzewi, was convicted of the state jail felony offense of tampering with a witness. Appellant contends the evidence is legally insufficient to support his conviction and the trial court abused its discretion by including erroneous language in the jury charge, consolidating his case with another defendant’s case, and sustaining the State’s objection to appellant’s jury argument. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In July 2007, Emeka Michael Uyamadu was preparing to board an airplane to Nigeria when several undeclared computers were discovered in…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Isassi v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Bill Boyd Kuhn v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2013
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  3. Paul Eugene Umstead, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2014
  4. Abdullah, StedmondCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  5. Abdullah, StedmondCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015

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