Legal Opinion

Zamora v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided February 16, 1983No. 04-81-00029-CRPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DIAL, Justice.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. The jury found the appellant guilty and assessed punishment at 17 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

On November 28, 1977, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the appellant fired a shot that killed Howard W. Krouse. The deceased and Rachel Gonzales were sitting on the hood of the Krouse Camaro talking in front of her home. Gonzales testified that the appellant and Hector Alaniz drove by them on S.W. 28th Street in appellant’s brown Volkswagon van. Alaniz testified that he was driving the van and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Livingston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Ernest Benjamin Smith v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  4. Billy Joe Battie v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. McCartney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Dinh Tan Ho v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
  2. Delamora v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
  3. Dickerson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2002
  4. Sawyer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989
  5. Menard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2006

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