Legal Opinion
Casanova, Matthew John
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 21, 2012No. PD-1521-11PublishedCited by 101 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
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in which KELLER, P. J., and MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
The appellant was convicted pursuant to an indictment charging him with the offense of possession of cocaine in an amount less than one gram, a state-jail felony, and the jury assessed his punishment at one year’s confinement. 1 On appeal, he argued that the trial court erred in failing to submit a jury instruction under Article 38.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, which requires the jury to find that the testimony of the accomplice witness was corroborated before it could rely on that…
3Cases cited21 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Satterwhite v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Medina v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Herron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Saunders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
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4Cited by101 opinions
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