Legal Opinion

Hoyos v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided August 7, 1997No. 14-95-00916-CRPublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

YATES, Justice.

Appellant, Humberto Almazo Hoyos, appeals his aggravated robbery conviction. In seven points of error, he contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the verdict and that the trial court erred by 1) prohibiting him from cross-examining the complainant as to motive, bias, or interest, 2) denying his motion for new trial, 3) entering an affirmative finding of a deadly weapon, and 4) denying appellant’s motion to require disclosure of informants. We affirm.

Background

The fifty-eight year old complainant, Man-uella Ramirez, lived in an…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Lankston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Keeter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  2. Moreno v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1999
  3. Drew v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002
  4. Garza v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. State v. Mercier, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2005

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