Legal Opinion

Zepeda v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided December 12, 1990No. 13-89-183-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

A jury found Robert Zepeda guilty of murder and sentenced him to twenty-five years in the Texas Department of Corrections. By eight points of error, appellant challenges the admission of certain evidence, the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury findings, and the trial judge’s refusal to include involuntary and voluntary manslaughter in the charge. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. FACTS

On January 12, 1988, between 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., Israel Rivera and Jaime Flores were at La Plazita, a park in Wesla-co. The two men were standing next to…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Royster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Burdine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  5. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. S.D.W., Matter OfCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. Coffin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1993
  3. Alex Estuardo Ramirez Diaz A/K/A Alex Estuardo Ramirez A/K/A Juan Carlos Reyes Alvarado A/K/A Juan Ramirez A/K/A Juan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2013
  4. Arturo Borjas Peralez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2006
  5. Chaka Louis Tasby v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1993

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