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Jor"Dan Jacqueinn Maurice Lewis v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided September 16, 2014No. 14-13-00330-CRPublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.

Appellant Jor’dan Jacqueinn Maurice Lewis appeals his conviction for capital murder, which allegedly occurred when he was fourteen years old. In his first two issues, appellant asserts the trial court erred in its submission of accomplice witness instructions to the jury. In his third issue, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. And in his fourth through seventh issues, he contends that the imposition of his sentence—mandatory life in prison with a chance of parole in forty years—violated several provisions of the United States and Texas…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  3. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Ngo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  2. Herbert Garfield Gardner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  3. Matthews v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  4. Simon Rene Garcia v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2015
  5. Lopez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016

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