ACOSTA v. STATE

No. PD-1211-13.

429 S.W.3d 621 (2014)

Victor Manuel ACOSTA, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Mateo Dekoatz , Attorney at Law, El Paso, TX, for Appellant.

Michael E. Fouts , District Attorney, Haskell, Lisa C. McMinn , State's Attorney, Austin, TX, for the State.


COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.

Appellant, convicted of money laundering after officers found half a million dollars in cash hidden inside the speaker box of his tractor-trailer, argues that the evidence was legally insufficient to prove that the money represented proceeds from the delivery of a controlled substance.1 The court of appeals — relying in part on a

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