Legal Opinion

Arroyo v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)

Decided August 18, 2008No. 12-07-00009-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BRIAN HOYLE, Justice.

Saul Arroyo appeals his conviction for murder. In five issues, he argues that the trial court should have dismissed the indictment, that the trial court made erroneous evidentiary rulings, and that the trial court gave an improper jury instruction. We affirm.

Background

Because Appellant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence, we will briefly state the facts that support the conviction. A witness testified that she saw Appellant attacking or fighting with Joel Garcia. Garcia went into the witness’s house, and Appellant left. Appellant returned a short time…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. McDuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Leday v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  5. Prible v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. JordanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2012
  2. Padilla v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2009
  3. Woodruff v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2010
  4. Kazadi v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2019
  5. Amanda Renee Shannon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008

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