Legal Opinion
Zapata v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided April 26, 2000No. 09-99-077 CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON RECONSIDERATION
DON BURGESS, Justice.
Pursuant to Tex.R.App. P. 50, we withdraw our opinion of February 23, 2000, and substitute the following in its place.
A jury convicted Miguel Angel Zapata of capital murder and punishment was assessed at life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division. Zapata raises six issues on appeal.
FACTS
Alice Williams, a phone operator with United Cab 1 , received a phone call the evening of July 3, 1996, to dispatch a taxi to Willis, Texas. Donald Pearson took the call and was last heard from before 9:00 p.m. Pearson did not…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Rocha v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Munoz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Robertson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Brewer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2004
- Meeks v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2004
- People v. LitarovCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2001
- Brewer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2004
- John Nevil Brewer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2004
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