Legal Opinion
Epps v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided July 6, 2000No. 13-99-409-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MELCHOR CHAVEZ, Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of aggravated robbery. 1 On April 9, 1999, a jury found appellant, Efrain Dwayne Epps, guilty and sentenced him to life in prison. Appellant raises seven issues for our review. We affirm.
According to the evidence presented by the State, appellant and two accomplices burglarized the home of Michael Gerow on July 22, 1998. Gerow’s sixty-eight-year-old neighbor Donald Sparks witnessed suspicious behavior by appellant and his accomplices shortly before the burglary, and got his Sig Sauer .40 caliber semiautomatic…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Muhammad v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2001
- Moore v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2001
- Wall v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2008
- Gregory Lawrence Moore v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2001
- Christopher Estrada v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
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