Legal Opinion

Starks v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided April 7, 2008No. 07-06-0153-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MACKEY K. HANCOCK, Justice.

Appellant, Tuwi Starks, appeals his conviction for the offenses of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnaping and sentences of 14 years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for each offense. We affirm.

Background

Appellant and Charse Kiara had been involved in a relationship that ended when Kiara filed a criminal complaint against appellant alleging that appellant had assaulted her. On the basis of this complaint, appellant was charged with a dating violence offense. Kiara was scheduled to testify against…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  3. Reyes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Valdez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1997
  5. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Arthur Carson v. David Walker, Pete Lopez, Jr., George Utters, Texas Tech Medical Branch (Clements Unit) TDCJ-ID and the Clements Unit Law Library, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2002
  2. Cesar Angel Duran v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008
  3. Cesar Angel Duran v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008
  4. Cesar Angel Duran v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008
  5. Jose Valle-Fernandez v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2025

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