Legal Opinion
Lopez v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 26, 2016No. 01-15-00055-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Rebeca Huddle, Justice
In 2001, Appellant Jose Pablo Lopez was indicted for capital murder for causing Mario Espinosa’s death by employing others — namely, Ramiro Baltazar, Jose Badil-lo, and Elisandro Salinas — to commit Espi-nosa’s murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration. In 2012, Lopez was extradited from Mexico to stand trial in Galveston County, Texas. The jury returned a guilty verdict, and Lopez was sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole. In six issues, Lopez complains that (1) his prosecution violated the Extradition Treaty between the United…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by9 opinions
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