Legal Opinion
Husting v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided May 30, 1990No. 04-89-00228-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Justice (Retired). 1
A jury convicted the appellant of the murder of Francisco Lopez. The court assessed his punishment at confinement in the Department of Corrections for a term of ninety-nine (99) years.
Appellant advances two points of error. First, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. Secondly, appellant urges the trial court erred when it permitted the State to impeach a defense witness with a fourteen year old conviction for prostitution.
Delia Lopez, mother of the deceased, Frank Lopez, testified the deceased left her home at 2:30…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Vanderbilt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1998
- Criner v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1992
- Alvin Valadez, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2015
- Criner v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1992
- Gregory Lewis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008
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