Legal Opinion

Lopez v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided August 31, 1992No. 13-91-472-CRPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Teresa Lopez, of burglary of a habitation. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 30.02(a)(1) (Vernon 1974). Punishment was assessed by the trial court at twenty-five years in the penitentiary. By two points of error, appellant complains of ineffective assistance of counsel and improper jury argument. We affirm.

The evidence showed that on January 1, 1991, Officer Edward Robinson, who was on patrol, received a call on his radio that a house was being burglarized. When Robinson arrived at the location, he saw a white van parked in front of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Solis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  4. Cortez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Ybarra v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1995
  2. Tutt v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1997
  3. Wills v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  4. Brennan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2009
  5. Rivera v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998

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