Legal Opinion
Hughes v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided November 13, 1997No. 01-95-00485-CRPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHEN, Justice.
A jury convicted appellant of capital murder, but could not agree on punishment. The trial judge assessed punishment at life in prison. We affirm.
FACTS
Appellant shot and killed complainant while attempting to rob her and her husband.
Motion for Continuance
Appellant first complains of the overruling of his motion for continuance, which was based on the absence of his expert witness concerning the reliability of eyewitness testimony; See Jordan v. State, 928 S.W.2d 550 (Tex.Crim.App.1996) (regarding relevance of expert testimony on eyewitness reliability); Forte v. State,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Kemp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Latham v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
- Jabari v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008
- Bledsoe v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2000
- Martinez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1999
- Bobby James Moore v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
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