Legal Opinion

Harris County District Attorney v. Lacafta

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided September 25, 1997No. 14-96-00376-CVPublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAJORITY OPINION

O’NEILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting Nicole Teresa Lacafta, appellee, expunction of her name from the criminal record of Anastacia Alva. See Tex.Code CRiM. PROC. Ann. art. 55.01 (Vernon Supp.1997). Lacaf-ta’s name appears in Alva’s criminal record as an alias because, when Alva was arrested for public lewdness, she represented herself to be Lacafta and presented a fake identification card with Lacafta’s name. In two points of error, the district attorney claims the trial court erred in granting the expunction because (1) Lacafta failed to show she was…

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Texas Department of Public Safety v. J.H.J., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2008
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  3. T.C.R. v. Bell County District Attorney's Office, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
  4. Carson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Ex Parte S.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009

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