Legal Opinion

Losada v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 29, 1986No. 69508PublishedCited by 423 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder, committing murder in the course of aggravated sexual assault. Y.T. C.A. Penal Code, Section 19.03(a)(2). Punishment was assessed at death.

In his fifth ground of error, appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction in that there was no evidence corroborating the accomplice witness testimony.

Testimony at trial showed that the body of fifteen year old Olga Lydia Perales was found on the morning of December 24, 1984, in a brushy area near San Benito. Perales had been raped and then…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Bowden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Crocker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by423 opinions

  1. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Wyatt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Margraves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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