Legal Opinion

Corderral John Smith v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided April 12, 2012No. 13-10-00552-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

NUMBER 13-10-00552-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG CORDERRAL JOHN SMITH, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On appeal from the 253rd District Court of Liberty County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Garza, Benavides and Perkes Memorandum Opinion by Justice Garza A jury convicted appellant, Corderral John Smith, of capital murder, and the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 19.03(a)(3), (b) (West Supp. 2011); id. § 12.31(a)(2), (b)(2) (West 2011). By eight issues, appellant…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  4. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012

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