Legal Opinion
Joe Anthony Alvarez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided July 27, 2017No. 11-16-00176-CRPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MIKE WILLSON, JUSTICE
Joe Anthony Alvarez pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony offense of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, with intent to deliver. 1 The trial court assessed punishment at confinement for forty years and sentenced him. In a single issue on appeal, Appellant asserts that the trial court violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment. We affirm.
I. Background Facts
Appellant entered into a “charge bargain” at trial where he pleaded guilty in return for three other charges being dismissed once he was sentenced in this…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Adrian Devonta Ellison v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2022
- Anthony Louis Washington v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2019
- Bryce Allen Varner v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2023
- Byron Lewis v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2026
- Carl Lawrence Bolar A/K/A Carl L. Bolar v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2021
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