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Ramirez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
Sep 16, 1992
836 S.W.2d 635 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992)

Opinion

Nos. 020-91, 021-91, 022-92.

September 16, 1992.

Appeal from 49th Judicial District Court, Webb County, Ray Perez, Judge.

Alex Bunin and Edward A. Mallett, Houston, for Ramirez.

Gerald Goldstein, San Antonio, for Carr.

Nancy Barohn, San Antonio, for Minton.

Rogelio F. Munoz, Dist. Atty., Uvalde, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., and Jeffrey L. Van Horn, Asst., State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the Court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW


Appellants were each convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit bribery. Punishment in each case was assessed by the trial judge at confinement for eight years, probated for eight years, and a fine of $5,000.00. The Court of Appeals reversed. Ramirez v. State, 801 S.W.2d 110 (Tex.App. — San Antonio 1990). We granted the State's petition for discretionary review to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding no rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the offense charged beyond a reasonable doubt.

We have considered the ground(s) presented and find the State's petitions for discretionary review were improvidently granted and are, therefore, dismissed. As is true in every case where discretionary review is dismissed, the dismissal does not constitute an endorsement or adoption of the reasoning employed by the Court of Appeals. Sheffield v. State, 650 S.W.2d 813 (Tex.Cr.App. 1983). With this understanding, we dismiss the State's petitions for discretionary review.

McCORMICK, P.J., and WHITE, J., dissent.


Summaries of

Ramirez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
Sep 16, 1992
836 S.W.2d 635 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992)
Case details for

Ramirez v. State

Case Details

Full title:Inez RAMIREZ, Nick Carr, and Luis Minton, Appellants, v. The STATE of…

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc

Date published: Sep 16, 1992

Citations

836 S.W.2d 635 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992)

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