Legal Opinion

Long v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided January 7, 2000No. 06-98-00179CRPublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*393OPINION

Opinion by Justice ROSS.

James Long appeals his conviction for capital murder, with a sentence of life imprisonment. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 12.81(b) (Vernon 1994).

About 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 21,1996, Robert Madura, the manager of a Walgreens store in Montgomery County, arrived at the store. He noticed that the alarm had not been activated. When he walked into the office, he found one of his assistant managers, John Cedars, lying dead on the floor. The sum of $2,831.46 was missing from the office safe. Cedars’ wallet was also missing.

Medical evidence showed that Cedars had…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Ethington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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  3. Sherman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
  4. Martin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2004
  5. Shawn Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2015

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