Legal Opinion
Watkins v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided April 13, 2011No. 10-10-00055-CRPublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TOM' GRAY, Chief Justice.
Raheem Abdulah Watkins was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder, pled true to two enhancement allegations, and was sentenced to life in prison. Tex. Pen. Code Ann. §§ 19.02(b)(1) & 12.42(d) (Vernon 2003). Watkins complains of the following: (1) that the trial court erred by refusing to conduct a hearing with Watkins present regarding his motion to dismiss his court-appointed trial counsel; (2) the evidence was legally insufficient to establish that Watkins or his accomplice specifically intended to kill the victim; (3) the evidence was factually…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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3Cited by69 opinions
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