Legal Opinion

Bennett v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided April 22, 1992No. 08-90-00370-CRPublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BARAJAS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a murder conviction. Appellant was found guilty by a jury and sentenced by the trial court to a term of imprisonment of 60 years’ in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In three points of error, Appellant seeks review of the judgment of conviction. In short, Appellant’s assignments of error challenge the admissibility of his confession, the sufficiency of evidence and the excessiveness of the sentence imposed. We affirm.

In his first point of error, Appellant contends the trial court erred in overruling his…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Miller-El v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  4. Samuel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Ebarb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Menchaca v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1995
  2. Belton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1995
  3. Leyva v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1992
  4. Mock v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1993
  5. Cacy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1995

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