Legal Opinion

Orona v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 27, 2011No. 2-09-00182-CRPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*455OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A jury found Appellant Alejandro Orona guilty of murder and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court sentenced him accordingly. In eight points, Orona argues that insufficient evidence exists to sustain his conviction and that the trial court erred by not submitting jury charges on lesser offenses and by admitting hearsay in violation of Orona’s federal and state constitutional rights to cross-examination. We will affirm.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Scott Sartain was a methamphetamine user and an insulin-dependent…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Trent Mason v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
  2. Jesseca Bain Carson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2013
  3. David Alan Daniel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  4. Aaron Sebastian Redmond v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2021
  5. Benjamin James Patterson AKA Benjamin James Talton AKA Benjamin J. Talton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2015

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