Legal Opinion

Giesberg v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided April 24, 1997No. 01-95-00687-CRPublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HEDGES, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of the murder of Ramon Montes and assessed his punishment at 65 years in prison. In 13 points of error, appellant challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction (points one and two), and assigns error concerning the jury charge (points three through five), the admission and exclusion of evidence (points 12 and 13) and the prosecutor’s closing argument (points eight and nine), and various other rulings below (points six, seven, 10, and 11). We affirm.

Facts

In the summer of 1990, appellant was a Rice…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Abdnor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Giesberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  2. Brookshire Brothers, Inc. v. Smith, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2005
  3. Ortiz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2004
  4. Christensen v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007
  5. Hartrick v. Great American Lloyds Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2001

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