Legal Opinion

Pedro Ernesto Umana v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided August 26, 2014No. 14-13-00168-CRPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.

In this case, we review the voluntariness of a statement given by a defendant who was subsequently found incompetent to stand trial and then had his competency restored. A jury convicted appellant Pedro Ernesto Umana of aggravated sexual assault, sentenced him to prison for 50 years and assessed a fine of $10,000. Appellant raises three issues on appeal concerning the denial of his motion to suppress, the admission of evidence of the details of an extraneous offense during the punishment phase, and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the court costs…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Berghuis v. ThompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2010

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3Cited by27 opinions

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  2. Jose Vasquez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2014
  3. Cervantes-Guervara v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  4. Matthew Blevins Swanner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  5. Leslie Ray Foster v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2019

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