Legal Opinion

Horton v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided January 13, 1999No. 10-97-341-CRPublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REX D. DAVIS Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Appellant Kelvin J. Horton of capital murder. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (Vernon 1994). Because the State waived the death penalty, the court sentenced Horton to life imprisonment. Horton presents four points of error in which he claims the court erred by submitting a parties instruction in the charge on guilt-innocence; the court erred in admitting evidence of an extraneous murder; the evidence is legally insufficient because the State failed to adequately corroborate an accomplice’s testimony; and the court erred in admitting a…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Santellan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. McDuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Leday v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Moreno Denoso v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2005
  2. Potter v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2002
  3. Flores v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2001
  4. Kelley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000
  5. Castaldo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000

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