Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided April 3, 1996No. 08-94-00035-CRPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
A jury found the appellant, Danny Hernandez, guilty of murder and sentenced him to confinement for ninety-nine years. Hernandez appeals his conviction in five points of error complaining about the security measures undertaken during trial, media influence on jurors, the failure to instruct the jury on requested defenses, the denial of an additional peremptory strike, and the state’s mention of extraneous offenses. We affirm.
FACTS
Around midnight on July 6, 1992, Danny Hernandez’s house was the target of a drive-by shooting. In the house at that time were certain members…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Saxton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Levine v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Huffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Andrade v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2008
- Bobby Joe Peyronel v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
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