Legal Opinion

Alfonso Contreras, Jr. v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)

Decided August 30, 2012No. 02-11-00252-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-11-00252-CR ALFONSO CONTRERAS, JR. APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE ---------- FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 4 OF TARRANT COUNTY ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION1 ---------- Introduction Appellant Alfonso Contreras, Jr. appeals his conviction for capital murder after a jury found him guilty of killing his two-month-old child. We affirm. 1 See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. Factual and Procedural Background Appellant and Ashley Massey had a child named Elena. One Sunday when Elena was two-months’ old, Ashley left her with Appellant to go…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  4. United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Kothe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004

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