Legal Opinion

Mayfield v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)

Decided August 23, 1995No. 12-93-00072-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLCOMB, Justice.

A jury convicted Appellant of engaging in organized criminal activity and sentenced him to 32 years in prison. Appellant assigns six points of error. In his first two points, Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. In the next four points, Appellant contends that the court erred when it: (1) refused to instruct the jury on accomplice testimony; (2) failed to quash his indictment; (3) admitted into evidence the acts of co-defendants; and (4) failed to quash the jury, which permitted the State to use its strikes in a discriminatory…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Kemp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  5. Bynum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Blackman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  2. Nguyen v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  3. Carlson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
  4. Nixon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1996
  5. Roberson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2010

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