Legal Opinion

Casiano v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 30, 1973No. 46276PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder with malice; punishment was assessed at twenty years’ confinement.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Appellant complains first of error committed when the jury asked certain questions of the court during deliberation. The record reflects that the jury first inquired:

“Did the ballistics expert state that all five bullets recovered from the body come from the same gun?”
“How many witnesses say that they actually saw Mr. Casiano shoot Mrs. Casiano ?”

The judge responded with a detailed answer, explaining to the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Verret v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Overton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Odumes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hollins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Chavez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Moody v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  5. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

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