Legal Opinion
Teixeira v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided October 1, 2002No. 06-01-00194-CRPublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.
Luke Teixeira appeals from his conviction for the offense of aggravated sexual assault on a child. He pled guilty to the court without a plea agreement, and after a punishment hearing at which several witnesses testified, the court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
On appeal, Teixeira raises four issues: first, the trial court erred by refusing to consider the entire range of punishment; second, the trial court erred by allowing Gayle Burress to testify as an expert on sexual assault; third, he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Tong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
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3Cited by130 opinions
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- Cate v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2004
- Harris v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2005
- Parks v. DeWitt County Electric Cooperative, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2003
- Ruben James Edwards, Jr. A/K/A Ruben James Edwards v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2009
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