Legal Opinion

Sifuentes v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 22, 2016No. 14-15-00432-CRPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Martha Hill Jamison, Justice

Appellant Amos Sifuentes appeals his conviction for the offense of robbery. See Tex. Penal Code § 29.02(a)(2). Appellant challenges his conviction on grounds that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction; (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel; (3) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of extraneous offenses; and (4) the trial court erred in including the lesser included offense of robbery in the charge to the jury. We affirm.

I.PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellant was indicted for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. The jury…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  5. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Fang v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018
  2. Kerry Gittens v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2018
  3. Andrew Houston Allen v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2016
  4. Blair Beck McCall v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2021
  5. Derek Atkins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2018

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