Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided May 19, 2003No. 05-02-00036-CRPublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice LANG.

Kenneth Dewayne Edwards appeals his conviction by a jury for the capital murder of Hong S. Lee and Me Hyee Lee. He was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment by the court. After his conviction for capital murder, appellant’s probated sentence for robbery was revoked, and he was sen tenced to ten years’ imprisonment, to be served consecutively to his sentence for capital murder.

Appellant raises the following nine issues to challenge his capital murder conviction: 1) the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to declare a mistrial after a juror became…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Bargas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2008
  2. Moreno Denoso v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2005
  3. Perez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2010
  4. Adams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2005
  5. Phuong Hoai Cao v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2005

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