Legal Opinion

Castillo v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 13, 2017No. 11-14-00280-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*368OPINION

JOHN M. BAILEY, JUSTICE

The jury convicted Arron Joshua Castillo of murder and assessed his punishment at confinement for fifty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant challenges his conviction in five issues on appeal. Appellant’s first three issues concern the manner in which the trial court instructed the jury about the accomplice witness rule as it pertained to Deseare Carroll.1 See Tex. Code Cbim. Proc. Ann. art. 38.14 (West 2005). In his fourth issue, Appellant contends that the non-accomplice evidence was insufficient to connect…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Dowthitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. McDuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Solomon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Charles Earl Martin v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2023
  2. Greg Anthony Barrera III v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2025
  3. Jacob Brownson v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2026
  4. Joel Andres Melendez v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2024
  5. Larry Donnell Gibbs v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2019

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