Legal Opinion

Gibbs v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 1980No. 59316PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

Appellant was charged by complaint and information with theft under the provisions of V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 31.03(d)(3), a Class A misdemeanor. The jury found him guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at confinement in jail for 365 days and a fine of $1,000.

Appellant’s first ground of error complains of the action of the court in overruling his motion for an instructed verdict because “the State failed to prove the allegations as set out in the information as to ownership.”

It was charged in the information that appellant did:

“... then and there…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Roberts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Easley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  5. Doty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Freeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Franklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Wray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Albert H. Carter v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. Reed v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1986

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