Legal Opinion

Cristobal Galvan-Cerna v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided August 29, 2014No. 01-12-00324-CRPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JIM SHARP, Justice.

A jury found Cristobal Galvan-Cerna guilty of capital murder 1 and the trial court assessed his punishment at life without parole. Appellant’s first point of error contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict. His second and third points maintain that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress his custodial statement because the warnings given did not comply with Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 38.22 and he did not waive his rights. We affirm.

Background

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Alvarado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  2. Atkinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
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  4. Calynn Michelle Refuge v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2020
  5. Craig Sylvester Williams v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2024

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