Legal Opinion
Balderas Cortez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided July 28, 1987No. 05-86-01165-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEVANY, Justice.
Heriberto Balderas Cortez appeals his conviction for murder. The case was tried before a jury and appellant was sentenced to life confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and a $10,000 fine. In two points of error, appellant contends that (1) the trial court erred in failing to include the instruction on parole required by TEX. CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. art. 37.07 § 4(a); and (2) the trial court erred in not granting appellant’s motion for mistrial on the basis of newly discovered evidence offered prior to the jury’s verdict on punishment. Because we find no merit in these…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Eugene Jerome Joseph Klein v. David Harris, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Robert Abrams, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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- Grayson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Jefcoat v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Draper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Cevallos v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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