Legal Opinion

Pena v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided August 31, 1989No. 13-88-398-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

A jury found Jesus Garcia Pena, appellant, guilty of delivery of marihuana and assessed punishment at twenty years’ confinement and a $10,000.00 fine. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

By his first through eighth points of error, appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction because it fails to show that he either constructively delivered or offered to sell marihuana to Joe Howell as alleged in the indictment. Appellant argues that although the evidence supports a theory of actual delivery, it does not support a theory of either…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Ingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  5. Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Munoz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1993
  2. Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1991
  3. Gomez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1996
  4. Lasker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  5. Estrada v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993

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