Legal Opinion
Olivas v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 13, 2006No. PD-1933-04PublishedCited by 327 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
Four times, in less than a month, appellant evaded arrest by outracing Bryan or College Station police officers who were attempting to arrest him for stalking and assaulting his former girlfriend. A jury convicted appellant of all four evading arrest charges, and it found that he used his mother’s Pontiac Bonneville as a deadly weapon during three of those offenses. The court of appeals rejected appellant’s claims of legal and factual sufficiency, but it then found unassigned, fundamental,…
3Cases cited23 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Boyde v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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4Cited by327 opinions
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