Legal Opinion

Guzman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 24, 1997No. 190-94Published

1Opinion of the Court

955 S.W.2d 85 (1997)

Joe Rivera GUZMAN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 190-94.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 24, 1997.

Mark Darrow Wilson, Austin, for appellant.

Robert Smith, Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of possession of heroin and punishment was assessed at twenty years' imprisonment. Texas Controlled Substances Act, Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. Section 481.115 (Vernon…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996

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