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Mathews v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided March 7, 2001No. 06-00-00094-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Roger Mathews appeals from his conviction for capital murder. 1 A jury convicted him and set his punishment at life imprisonment. Mathews contends on appeal that the trial court committed reversible error by overruling his motion for mistrial, by allowing an expert witness to testify that he was sane at the time of the crime when there was no demonstrable scientific basis for his opinion, by admitting photographs and videotapes of the victims, and by refusing to grant a continuance to allow his father to testify. Mathews admitted that he killed the victims, and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Ladd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  2. Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Alvarado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  4. Long v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. Janecka v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Woodall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Fidel Troncoso v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2004
  3. Guadalupe Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001
  4. Guadalupe T. Rivera v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2005
  5. Gurrola, Maria v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2003

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