Legal Opinion

Moore v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 17, 1985No. 68090PublishedCited by 342 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CAMPBELL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 19.02(a)(1). Appellant has filed three briefs alleging four grounds of error. He challenges the sufficiency of the proof of venue, sufficiency of the evidence generally, the court’s charge on voluntary manslaughter, and the effectiveness of counsel at trial and initially on appeal. Having found no merit in any of appellant’s claims, we affirm.

The record reflects that appellant and three eyewitnesses testified to the actual shooting. Appellant, the deceased and the three eyewitnesses had all…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  5. Luck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by342 opinions

  1. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Perez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Escobedo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999
  5. Castaneda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2003

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