Legal Opinion
Garcia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 22, 1993No. 1095-92PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANTS PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
BAIRD, Judge.
A jury convicted appellant of murder, Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(a)(1), and assessed punishment at twenty years confinement. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Garcia v. State, 833 S.W.2d 564 (Tex.App.-Dallas 1992). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether an autopsy report is admissible under Tex.R.Crim.Evid. 803(8)(B).1 We will affirm.
I
The Facts
Jeffery Barnard, acting chief medical examiner for Dallas County, testified he was the custodian of records for the Southwest Institute of Forensic…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Martinez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
- Nicholas P. Manocchio v. John Moran, Director, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- State v. DamonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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3Cited by71 opinions
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- Rey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Montgomery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Moreno Denoso v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2005
- Patterson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004
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