Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Martinez
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 12, 2011No. AP-76,413PublishedCited by 269 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · MeyersMeyers, J.
in which PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ, joined.
Applicant was charged with capital murder as a party to the offense. A jury found her guilty, and she was automatically sentenced to life imprisonment. On direct appeal, the Twelfth Court of Appeals held that her trial counsel (“Counsel”) had sufficiently objected to all gang-related evidence to preserve appeal and that the trial court erred when it overruled objections to all gang-related evidence, which was irrelevant and prejudicial. Martinez v. State (Martinez I), 147 S.W.3d 404 (Tex.App.-Tyler 2001). However, on discretionary…
3Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Dowthitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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