Legal Opinion
Woodson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided August 31, 1989No. 13-88-061-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Justice.
A jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant asserts five points of error. We affirm the conviction.
On June 15, 1983, Mr. Gabriel Gengler was killed in his motel room. Mrs. Gengler testified that while she was asleep, her husband left the room to get some ice. She awoke upon hearing a scratching noise coming from the door. When she first heard the noise, she turned on the bedside light and put on her eyeglasses. When Mr. Gengler entered the room, he was accompanied by a man…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1993
- Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2000
- Ex Parte Zavala, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1995
- Galvan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1994
- Ex Parte Kubas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
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