Legal Opinion

De La Rosa v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided November 25, 1997No. 04-96-00469-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.

INTRODUCTION

Appellant, Ruben de la Rosa (de la Rosa), was convicted and sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by a jury for aggravated kid-naping and aggravated sexual assault. De la Rosa appeals his conviction on two points of error. First, he contends that written statements used by a key witness to refresh his memory for trial were improperly excluded from the jury. Second, he claims he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. We affirm the judgment.

FACTS

De la Rosa and eight other men saw the victim, Dora Cardenas, girlfriend of one of the men, at…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Robertson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Powell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1999
  2. Davis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
  3. Garza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1998
  4. Samarron v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2004
  5. Alberto Rocha v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2010

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