Legal Opinion
Saldivar v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided December 10, 1998No. 14-96-00010-CRPublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURPHY, Chief Justice.
Appellant entered a plea of not guilty to the offense of murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (Vernon 1994). A jury found her guilty and assessed punishment at confinement for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In seventeen points of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in: (1) permitting the prosecutor to exclude venire persons solely on account of their race; (2) sustaining the State’s challenge of a venire person; (3) denying certain constitutional protections because the State did not disclose…
2Cases cited69 opinions
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3Cited by113 opinions
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- Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2001
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