Legal Opinion

Garcia v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 30, 2002No. 04-99-00513-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.

Ovidio Garcia (“Garcia”) pled guilty before a jury to capital murder, and the jury assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. Based on the arguments made in Garcia’s brief, the following issues are presented for our review: (1) the evidence was legally and factually insufficient because the jury found Garcia guilty of capital murder “as charged in the indictment;” (2) the trial court erred in admitting the third special issue on mitigating circumstances because it was not effective for any offense committed before September 1, 1991; (3) the record…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. William Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  2. Esequiel Rodarte v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2006
  3. Garcia v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Jason Earl Wooley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
  5. Johnson, WilliamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015

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