Legal Opinion

Martinez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 2008No. PD-1917-06Published

1Opinion of the Court

272 S.W.3d 615 (2008)

Raul Adam MARTINEZ, Jr., Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-1917-06.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 17, 2008.

Frances M. Northcutt, Houston, for Appellant.

Eric Kugler, Asst. District Atty., Houston, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

OPINION

JOHNSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PRICE, WOMACK, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

Raul A. Martinez, Jr., appeals his conviction for capital murder.[1] Because the state chose not to seek the death penalty, the jury's finding of guilt resulted in a sentence of life in prison. The…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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