Legal Opinion

Delgado v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 5, 1977No. 52298PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at twenty-five years. Appellant contends that the court erred in admitting evidence that one of the alleged killers, several days after the homicide at the funeral home, punched an eye of the deceased back into his head, and that the court erred in admitting testimony that appellant and the co-indictees refused to sign the magistrate’s warning. We reverse upon the first contention.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The offense occurred on June 16, 1974, between 10:00 and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Anderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Colunga v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Lapp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Bates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. Deeb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Hood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992

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