Legal Opinion
Garcia v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided October 14, 1992No. 05-91-00066-CRPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAPLAN, Justice.
A jury convicted Francisco Martinez Garcia of murder. Punishment was assessed at twenty years’ confinement. In ten points of error, appellant complains of (1) the sufficiency of the evidence, (2) Batson 1 error, (3) admission of an autopsy report and hearsay testimony of the medical examiner, (4) testimony by an undisclosed witness, (5) hearsay testimony by a police officer, (6) bolstering, and (7) improper jury argument. We overrule all points of error and affirm the trial court’s judgment.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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2Cases cited40 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Alejandro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- United States v. Paul v. OatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Montgomery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Patterson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004
- Shavers v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1994
- Harris v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1993
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