Legal Opinion
Guzman v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided May 4, 2000No. 05-98-02164-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By Justice MILLER (Assigned).
Appellant Benito Guzman was charged with capital murder for causing the death of Luis Guzman, a child under the age of six years, by striking Luis with his hand and also striking Luis with and against an unknown object. The State did not seek the death penalty, and the case went to trial on Guzman’s plea of not guilty to a jury. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and, the punishment being fixed automatically at life in prison, the trial court sentenced Guzman to confinement for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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