Legal Opinion
Ronk v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 17, 1979No. 58853, 58854PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DALLY, Judge.
Each appellant is appealing from a conviction for murder; the punishment in each case is imprisonment for life.
The appellants, husband and wife, pled guilty to the murder of Heath Lambert, the two-and-a-half year old son of Nancy Ronk by a previous marriage. The appellants were previously convicted for injury to a child, based on the same incident, and sentenced to imprisonment for twenty years. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 22.04. Because the indictments omitted an essential element of the offense, the earlier convictions were reversed and the indictments were ordered…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Chaffin v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Moss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Wilson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1982
- Doherty v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1994
- Ex Parte WaltonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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