Legal Opinion
Lerma v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 21, 1984No. 62537, 62981PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Judge.
These appellants, who are brothers, were charged in a single indictment with the offense of murder. They were represented by the same attorney at their joint trial. The jury found each guilty of the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter and assessed each a punishment of confinement for ten years.
In his first and second grounds of error, Guadalupe Lerma challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. Guadalupe had been working with his brother, Salustrio, and several other men in Katy on March 25, 1978. Late that afternoon they drove back to Richmond where they…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Simpkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- William Foxworth v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Raquel N. Medel, and Rogelio M. MedelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by68 opinions
- Martinez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
- In the Interest of B.L.D.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Gottlich v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Ex Parte FranklinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Howard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
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