Legal Opinion
Franco v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided August 30, 2000No. 08-98-00008-CRPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice.
This is an appeal of a conviction for the offense of murder. A jury found Appellant guilty and assessed punishment at 99 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Franco raises seven points of error. We affirm the conviction.
In January 1997, Myrtice and Chester Derrick left Odessa, Texas for the weekend leaving their adult son, Carl, home alone. Mrs. Derrick returned home Sunday evening. She found the kitchen in disarray. The dining table and chairs were overturned. She found her son, Carl, lying on the floor in a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Illinois v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
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3Cited by18 opinions
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