Legal Opinion
Lopez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided February 3, 2010No. 04-08-00695-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by:
STEVEN C. HILBIG, Justice.
Frances Ann Lopez was sentenced to thirty years in prison after a jury convicted her of murdering her husband. Lopez appeals the judgment, complaining the trial court erred in: (1) denying her motion to suppress statements she made to investigators; (2) ruling on several evidentiary matters; and (3) failing to grant a mistrial when the prosecutor commented during closing argument on her failure to testify. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Background
On January 8, 2006, Eloy Hernandez Jr. was found dead in his home by Lopez and her daughter.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
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