Legal Opinion
Blevins v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided September 28, 1994No. 09-92-273 CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROOKSHIRE, Justice.
Appellant, James Douglas Blevins, Jr., was indicted for the offense of murder. He plead not guilty and, following a trial to a jury, he was found guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The jury assessed punishment at 20 years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the appellant was assessed a fine of $10,000. It is from this jury verdict that appellant brings his appeal.
On May 18,1991, at about 8:30 a.m. Detective George Mixon of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Booth v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Poole v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
- Duren v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
- Ryan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1996
- Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1998
- Jackson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2000
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