Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided July 24, 1997No. 03-95-00696-CRPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Per curiam
A jury found appellant guilty of capital murder. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (West 1994). The death penalty was not sought and the district court assessed punishment at imprisonment for life. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.31(a) (West 1994); Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 37.071, § 1 (West Supp. 1997).
The body of Alfred Deltoro was found hanging from a tree branch on the morning of November 5, 1994. Deltoro’s hands were tied behind his back and his pants had been removed. Deltoro had been beaten and kicked, but the cause of death was ligature strangulation. On November 8, the police…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- State v. Read, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
- Perez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001
- White v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2006
- Perez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1998
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