Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 2, 2005No. PD-1222-04PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
Appellant was charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver it. After a pretrial evidentiary hearing, the trial judge denied appellant’s motion to dismiss based on entrapment. Appellant then pled guilty, and was sentenced to five years’ probation and a $5,000 fine. He appealed the denial of his entrapment motion to the court of appeals under Rule 25.2(a)(2)(A) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.
The court of appeals reversed appellant’s conviction and ordered the case dismissed because the State “failed to meet its burden to disprove entrapment beyond a…
3Cases cited23 opinions
- State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Adelman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
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