Legal Opinion

Shannon v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 21, 1978No. 54806PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder; the punishment is imprisonment for fifty years.

Appellant contends that there is insufficient corroboration of the testimony of the accomplice witness and therefore there is not sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction. He also contends that the State failed to establish the corpus delicti of the crime of murder and was erroneously permitted to introduce inflammatory photographs and evidence of an extraneous offense. Finally, he contends that evidence of the bad reputation of the accomplice witness was erroneously…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Cherb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  4. Self v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Cawley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Asberry v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
  2. Saldano v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  3. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Cox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992

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