Legal Opinion
Russeau v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 7, 1990No. 658-88PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
BERCHELMANN, Judge.
Appellant, Rickey Bernard Russeau, was indicted, tried and convicted by jury of the offense of murder. The jury thereafter assessed punishment at life confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.
On direct appeal the Twelfth Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, reversed appellant’s conviction and ordered an acquittal holding, sua sponte, that there is no evidence to support appellant’s conviction. Russeau v. State, No. 12-87-00066-CR (Tex.App.-Tyler, delivered May 17, 1988). The Court of Appeals reached this…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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