Legal Opinion
Garza v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided September 16, 1998No. 04-96-00229-CRPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICKHOFF, Justice.
Jose Garza was convicted of murder. In fourteen points of error, he raises complaints regarding the factual sufficiency of the evidence, the jury charge, and the trial court’s granting of the State’s motion to change venue without notice or a hearing. Although we disapprove of the trial court’s ex parte granting of the motion to change venue, we affirm the conviction.
Factual and Procedural Background
Sixteen-year-old Jose Garza was driving his mother’s car along the streets of Falfurri-as, Texas on the evening of March 14, 1995. With him were two friends, his brother,…
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