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MESTIZA v. De LEON

No. 13-98-563-CV.

8 S.W.3d 770 (1999)

Rufino Salinas MESTIZA, Appellant, v. Yolanda De LEON and Tomas Aguirre, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

December 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufino Salinas Mestiza, Rosharon, Appellant pro se.

Yolanda De Leon, Dist. Atty., Francisco J. Martinez, Atty. at Law, Brownsville, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice SEERDEN and Justices HINOJOSA and YAÑEZ.

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,<...

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