Legal Opinion
Mestiza v. De Leon
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 22, 1999No. 13-98-563-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice SEERDEN.
Rufino Mestiza appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his petition to exhume the body of the woman he was convicted of murdering. Mestiza raises eight issues on appeal. We reverse and remand.
After the body of a female identified as Maria Quirino was found in Cameron County and an autopsy was performed, Mestiza was convicted of her murder and this Court affirmed the conviction. Mestiza v. State, 923 S.W.2d 720 (Tex.App.— Corpus Christi 1996, no pet.). Mestiza then brought the present action to require a Justice of the Peace in Cameron County to…
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