Legal Opinion

Cerda v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 2, 1982No. 07-81-0108-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

In a Hale County jury trial, Edward Martinez Cerda was convicted of the offense of felony theft. Punishment was assessed by the jury at five (5) years confinement and a fine of $1,500.

Appellant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence which, in brief, shows that the victim of the theft testified at trial and identified appellant as the person who appropriated his property without his effective consent. Appellant does question, in his first three grounds of error, the selection of the jury and a procedural aspect of the trial. We cannot agree, as later…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Alexander v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. United States v. Lorchid Goff, United States of America v. Deola R. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Guerra v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1988
  2. Flores v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1990
  3. Gutierrez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Erskine L.T. Allen, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2007
  5. Gerald L. Richards v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2006

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