Legal Opinion

Rios v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided June 27, 2007No. 10-06-00035-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FELIPE REYNA, Justice.

Raul Rios appeals his conviction for aggravated kidnapping, challenging: (1) the admission of a prior conviction (two points); (2) the admission of letters from the victim; and (3) the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence (two points). We affirm.

LEGAL AND FACTUAL SUFFICIENCY

We begin with Rios’s fourth and fifth points in which he contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to sustain his aggravated kidnapping conviction.

Applicable Law

Under legal sufficiency review, we determine whether, after viewing all the evidence in the light most…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Santellan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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3Cited by7 opinions

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