Legal Opinion
Showery v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided May 8, 1985No. 08-83-00373-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARD, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of murder and the jury assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for fifteen years. We affirm.
At the outset, we note that this is not an appeal from a conviction for criminal abortion. This is not an appeal from a conviction for destroying an unborn child under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4512.5 (Vernon 1976). Hardin v. State, 52 Tex.Cr.R. 288, 106 S.W. 352 (1907). This is not an appeal from causing the death of either a fetus or a child by omitting to perform a duty imposed by law for the preservation of life. This…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. DanforthSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Colautti v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Crocker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Raymond Showery v. Leo Samaniego, Sheriff, El Paso County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Vo v. Superior CourtCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1992
- Aranda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Thacker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- People v. HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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