Legal Opinion

David Cruz v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided November 15, 2007No. 08-03-00313-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

DAVID CRUZ,

Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee.

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No. 08-03-00313-CR

Appeal from the

409th Judicial District Court

of El Paso County, Texas

(TC# 20020D05624)

O P I N I O N

David Cruz was convicted of capital murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. We reversed, holding that the trial court erred in denying Appellant's motion for mistrial. (1) The State's petition for discretionary review was granted by the Court of Criminal Appeals, Cruz v. State, 225 S.W.3d 546 (Tex.Crim.App. 2007), and that court vacated our judgment and remanded…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  5. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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