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Edwards v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)

Decided October 31, 2001No. 09-00-306 CRPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RONALD L. WALKER, Chief Justice.

A jury found Jason David Edwards to be guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, and assessed as punishment a five (5) year term of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. The sole issue raised on appeal addresses the legal sufficiency of the evidence regarding the proof of the “assault by threat” element of the offense. See Acts 1983, 68th Leg., R.S., ch. 977, § 1, 1968 Tex. Gen. Laws 5311, 5312.1

The indictment alleged Edwards “did ... intentionally and knowingly threaten imminent…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Tibbs v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Ladd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  4. Garrett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Miles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Olivas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  2. Dobbins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
  3. Matthew Ryan Wilson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012
  4. Justin Laroy Fagan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012
  5. Flowers v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2004

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