Legal Opinion
Childress v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided December 17, 1992No. 01-92-00037-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAM BASS, Justice.
Appellant, Childress, was convicted for failure to stop and render aid. The judge found the enhancement paragraphs true and sentenced appellant to 25-years confinement. Appellant’s points of error all involve the enhancement paragraphs.
We affirm.
Childress was arrested in February 1986 after the vehicle he was driving struck and killed a pedestrian and he failed to return to render aid. He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 60 years. This Court reversed the punishment phase and remanded for a new punishment hearing. Childress v. State, 756 S.W.2d 11, 14…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- West v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Childress v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Pennywell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
- Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1998
- Childress v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992
- Jesse Slaughter v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2007
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