Legal Opinion

Gonzales v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 15, 1985No. B14-84-622-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty in a jury trial of aggravated robbery. The jury assessed appellant’s punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for ten years. In five grounds of error, appellant complains of findings made by the trial court and entered on the judgment, failure of the court to apply the law of mistake of fact in the charging instrument and sufficiency of the evidence. We reform the judgment and affirm the conviction.

On January 20, 1984, in the early afternoon, the complainant, Mr. Martinez, was in a Houston area club on a business…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Polk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Barecky v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sarmiento v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002
  2. Ray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. Phelps v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Bridwell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1988

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