Legal Opinion

Chapa v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 4, 1987No. 13-86-437-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

On September 8, 1986, a jury found appellant guilty of aggravated robbery and the trial court sentenced appellant to twenty years’ imprisonment.

Appellant brings two points of error, asserting trial court error in failing to grant appellant’s motion to dismiss under the Texas Speedy Trial Act, Tex.Crim.Proc. Art. 32A.02 (Vernon Supp.1987), and claiming that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the indictment allegation.

By his first point, appellant asserts that, since he was committed into federal custody for the same offense on April 30, 1984, the State’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Freeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Fewell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Dean v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Banda v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Joan L. Robinson, Respondent/Cross-Appellant v. John F. Langenbach, Judy Lanfri f/k/a Judy Longbrook, and Perma-Jack Company, Appellants/Cross-Respondents.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2019

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