Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided March 25, 1999No. 09-96-120 CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN HILL, Justice (Assigned).
Preven Joseph Jones appeals his conviction by a jury of the offense of voluntary manslaughter. The court assessed his punishment at twenty years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. We initially abated this appeal so that there might be a hearing on Jones’ motion for new trial. The trial court has held such a hearing, and we are now preceding with the appeal following abatement. Jones presents eight points of error or issues, contending that: (1) the evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury’s finding that he is…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Freeman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
- Vasquez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Melissa Marie Frazier v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2003
- David Ruben Salazar v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2007
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