Legal Opinion
Rafael Guillen v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided July 28, 2010No. 08-08-00241-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
RAFAEL GUILLEN,
Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee.
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No. 08-08-00241-CR
Appeal from
205th District Court
of El Paso County, Texas
(TC # 20070D05440)
O P I N I O N
Rafael Guillen was charged by indictment with capital murder and pled not guilty. A jury found Appellant guilty and the trial court assessed punishment at life. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Appellant was originally arrested for a murder that took place in El Paso County, Texas in 2000. It took over four years for him to be extradited. He had been in…
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- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
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