Legal Opinion
Robinson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided November 2, 1983No. 04-81-00121-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUTTS, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of murder. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(a)(1) (Vernon 1974). Finding appellant guilty after a bench trial, the court assessed punishment at fifty (50) years imprisonment.
Asserting nine grounds of error, appellant claims: that the State and the trial court coerced him into waiving his right to a jury trial by making the risk of death the price of asserting the right; that error occurred when the court overruled his objection to the record and when the court refused to conduct a hearing thereafter; that the evidence is insufficient to support the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Creel v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1986
- Horst v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1988
- Keech v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Patton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Zaiontz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
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