Legal Opinion
Abel Rios v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided September 24, 2008No. 08-06-00211-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
ABEL RIOS,
Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee.
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No. 08-06-00211-CR
Appeal from
210th District Court
of El Paso County, Texas
(TC # 20040D00922)
O P I N I O N
This appeal arises from the tragic death of four-year-old Tangie Vargas. Abel Rios appeals his conviction of injury to a child. Appellant was charged by indictment with one count of capital murder and one count of murder in the death of Tangie Vargas, a child under six years of age. A jury found him guilty of the lesser-included offense of injury to a child and assessed punishment…
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