Legal Opinion

Zani v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 25, 1984No. 6-82-055-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

Robert Zani appeals his 1981 murder conviction and ninety-nine year sentence. He was convicted of the 1967 murder of George Vizard, a convenience store clerk. Zani raises numerous grounds of error, including the sufficiency of the evidence and the admissibility of evidence obtained through hypnosis. We disagree with Zani on all grounds and affirm the judgment.

The trial court granted the State’s challenge for cause of two veniremen. During voir dire one venireman stated that in a circumstantial evidence case he would not and could not separate the guilt-innocence phase from…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. United States v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Zillender v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Crocker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Alvarado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. Zani v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. State v. MedranoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  4. Zani v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  5. Alvarado v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1991

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