Legal Opinion

Roeder v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided December 29, 1988No. 01-87-00811-CRPublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JACK SMITH, Justice.

The trial court convicted appellant of first degree murder upon his plea of nolo contendere and sentenced him to confinement for life. Appellant raises five points of error.

The State contends that this Court does not have jurisdiction because of defects in appellant’s notice of appeal under Tex.R.App.P. 40(b)(1). We note that appellant has filed a supplemental notice of appeal that complies with the rule; therefore, we have jurisdiction to consider the appeal.

Appellant was initially charged and convicted of capital murder for his role in a robbery, kidnapping, and…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. People v. McCauleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1994
  2. State v. ReedSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
  3. Hunt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. People v. WrightMichigan Supreme Court · 1992
  5. People v. GriggsIllinois Supreme Court · 1992

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