Legal Opinion

Bellah v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 20, 1983No. 936-82Published

1Opinion of the Court

653 S.W.2d 795 (1983)

Ricardo Silva BELLAH, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 936-82.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

July 20, 1983.

Bruce J. Ponder, El Paso, for appellant.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty. and Nick O. Martinez, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Alfred Walker, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

2Per curiam

A jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed punishment at confinement for thirty five years. The El Paso Court of Appeals affirmed. Bellah…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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