Legal Opinion
Cantu v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 4, 1987No. 69530PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W.C. DAVIS, Judge.
A jury convicted appellant of capital murder and answered the punishment issues affirmatively. In accordance therewith, the court sentenced appellant to death. See Art. 37.071, V.A.C.C.P. Appellant raises six grounds of error, two of which deal with the identification of appellant by a prosecution witness. We turn to these grounds first.
Appellant contends that the out-of-court identification made by Juan Moreno was the result of suggestive procedures employed by the police and created a substantial likelihood of mistaken identification. Therefore, he argues that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by119 opinions
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