Legal Opinion
Curtis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 24, 1973No. 46569PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.
Appellant was indicted as a habitual criminal and charged with the offense of felony shoplifting under the provisions of Art. 1436e, Sec. 4(d), Vernon’s Ann.P.C. 1 , and the jury found him guilty of the primary charge. At the punishment stage of the trial, the court found him to be the same person who had twice previously been convicted of felonies as alleged in the indictment. Punishment was set at confinement for life, pursuant to Art. 63, V. A.P.C.
Barbara Spoonemoore, a store detective employed by Globe Discount Center in Houston, testified that she saw…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Horning v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Fletcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Pitcock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Bullard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Hunnicutt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Pete v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
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