Legal Opinion

Garcia v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided December 18, 1997No. 13-96-304-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

Eugene Lee Garcia appeals from his felony conviction on a single count of murder 1 to which he pleaded not guilty. A jury sen-' tenced appellant to twenty years’ imprisonment. Appellant sought a new trial, but his motion was overruled by operation of law and this appeal ensued.

In three points of error, appellant challenges the trial court’s failure to strike a juror for cause, admission of a letter written by appellant, and failure of the trial court to hold a hearing on appellant’s motion for new trial. We affirm.

Facts

As appellant has not contested the sufficiency of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Reyes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. Adanandus v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  5. Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Long v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
  2. White v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1998
  3. Galvan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1999
  4. Wisdom v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2004
  5. David Lee Wisdom v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2004

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