Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Robbins
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 29, 2011No. AP-76,464PublishedCited by 93 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · MeyersMeyers, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.
Applicant was charged with the capital murder of his girlfriend’s 17-month-old child, Tristen Rivet. The State’s case largely depended on the expert opinion of Dr. Patricia Moore, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy and who testified that Tristen died from asphyxia due to the compression of her chest and abdomen. Applicant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. Robbins v. State, 27 S.W.3d 245 (Tex.App.-Beaumont 2000). We affirmed the…
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