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Rivera v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 26, 2012No. 09-11-00267-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

Luis Enrique Rivera appeals his conviction for capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (West Supp.2012).1 Rivera, along with Luis Antonio Menen-dez, were indicted for the murder of Pedro Rodriguez, committed in the course of robbing Jaime Gonzalez. Rivera raises several issues in his appeal, contending (1) the trial court denied his federal and state rights of confrontation by allowing an active-duty soldier to testify by live videocon-ference, and (2) his sentence to life without parole violates various provisions found in the constitutions of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Guimaraes v. BrannCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018
  2. E.C.O. v. ComptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. BroomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
  4. Andre Jamal Sloan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
  5. Drake v. LengelMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013

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