Legal Opinion
Meador v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 26, 1991No. 101-90PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
BENAVIDES, Judge.
The appellant, Audrey Meador, was convicted by a jury of criminal solicitation of capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 15.03(a) & § 19.03(a)(3). The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment and a $10,000.00 fine, which is within the proper range of punishment for a felony of the first degree. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 15.03(d)(1) & § 12.32. The Court of Appeals held the trial court erred when it admitted a taped telephone conversation into evidence because it contained inadmissible hearsay and, finding that the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Bates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- United States v. Thomas Meacham, Joseph Ward, Edward William Gilroy, Bobby Gene Hayes and Donald L. MetsgerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Roy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- United States v. Nathan LangCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Alvarado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Vinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
- Legate v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2001
- Crum v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1997
- Byrd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
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