Legal Opinion
Maya v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided June 27, 1996No. 14-95-00220-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUDSON, Justice.
Stephen Howard Lem and his wife, Cecilia Maya, were charged with attempted murder. A jury convicted Lem of attempted murder and assessed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years. Maya was convicted of the lesser included offense of aggravated assault and assessed a probated sentence of seven years. We reverse the judgment of the trial court in each cause.
On the morning of July 4,1994, Jose Loera and his family were traveling west on Highway 290. By chance, Lem and Maya happened to be traveling the same highway. Loera was driving behind Lem’s…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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