Legal Opinion

Jessica Tata v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided August 19, 2014No. 01-12-01119-CRPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Jessica Tata, of felony murder and assessed her punishment at eighty years’ confinement and a $10,000 fine. In five issues, appellant argues that the trial court erred in allowing the State to amend the indictment after the close of evidence, in denying her motion to quash the indictment, and in denying her motion to suppress evidence.

We affirm.

Background

Appellant was the owner and operator of Jackie’s Day Care, which she operated out of the home she leased from Ronald Velas-co. On the afternoon of February 24, 2011, appellant had…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Michigan v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. State v. KellyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  3. Wiede v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. State v. DixonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. McGuire v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  2. Steven Cole v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2014
  3. State v. Jimmy Earl DrummondCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  4. Casey Allen Martin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2019
  5. Cole, StevenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015

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