Legal Opinion

Rivas v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 5, 1990No. 13-89-490-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant, Guadalupe “Wally” Rivas, guilty of attempted possession of 400 grams or more of cocaine and assessed punishment at sixty-nine years in the Texas Department of Corrections. By five points of error, appellant asserts that the trial court erred by not quashing the indictment and that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction of attempted possession of cocaine. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

By his first point of error, appellant asserts that the trial court erred by failing to quash the indictment because it did not allege…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Crocker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Aerron Dowdy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2019
  2. Rodney Wayne Gray v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2026

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