Legal Opinion
Gonzales v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided July 3, 1991No. 01-89-00183-CRPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILSON, Justice.
A jury found appellant guilty of murder, made a deadly weapon finding, and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. Central to our consideration of this appeal is the confession given by appellant to the Houston police department the day following the commission of the crime. We affirm.
On July 17, 1988, sometime between noon and 2:00 p.m., 19-year-old Anthony Salazar’s life was ended by a brutal homicide, likely drug related. Salazar was stabbed to death in his garage apartment by an assailant wielding a knife. The autopsy revealed Salazar’s body received 26 cutting or…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- McKay v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
- Long v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
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