Legal Opinion
Tuffiash v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided May 21, 1997No. 04-96-00481-CRPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANGELINI, Justice.
This is an appeal from a murder conviction. In three points of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred (1) in denying appellant’s motion to suppress; (2) in allowing appellant’s trial counsel to withdraw; and (3) in denying appellant’s motion for new trial. We affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
On February 28, 1990, Dr. Charles Tuf-fiash was arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, Susan. At approximately 10:30 a.m., Tuffiash’s neighbor, Renna Burke, called the police to report that Tuffiash had arrived at her home with an injured hand and had…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Garner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Garcia, Pete v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001
- Gilbert v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
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