Legal Opinion
Villegas v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided May 17, 1990No. 13-89-009-CRPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BENAVIDES, Justice.
A jury found Rene Jaques Villegas guilty of capital murder and assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. By thirteen points of error, appellant alleges error in all phases of the trial. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
I. FACTS
The facts of this case are gruesome. About 10 p.m. February 9, 1987, after drinking hard liquor during the day, appellant was dropped off at the house where his aunt and grandmother lived and where he used to live. He entered the residence through a window and, unprovoked, savagely attacked his…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Webb v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Ex Parte PrimroseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Garza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1990
- Kelley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000
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