Legal Opinion
Martinez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided July 22, 1998No. 04-96-00642-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STONE, Justice.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This appeal arises from Pablo Martinez’s punishment enhancement following jury conviction of the third-degree felony offense of serious bodily injury to a child based on reckless conduct. 1 Martinez raises several undetermined issues relative to the enhancement of his punishment range under the Texas Hate Crimes Act.
On the morning of June 20, 1994, Cindy Harris discovered her two-year old son, Johnny Vasquez, lying dead, face down on the top bunk of her children’s bunk bed. That afternoon, Assistant Bexar County Medical Examiner, Dr. Jan…
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