Legal Opinion

Hines v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided July 2, 1998No. 06-97-00106-CRPublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Wesley L. Hines was convicted of capital murder. Trial was to a jury, but the trial court assessed Hines’s punishment at life imprisonment. We affirm the judgment.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the State, showed that Hines and Christopher Britt drove to Bobby Dan Ashmore’s apartment. Hines entered the apartment with the intent to rob Ashmore. While in the apartment, Hines killed Ash-more and took two lights, forty-four dollars, some clothes, and a pager. Hines then drove with Britt to a remote bridge, burned the clothes, and disposed of the…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Abdnor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Loun v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008
  2. Cantrell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
  3. Blumenstetter v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2004
  4. Boones v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  5. Walker v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1999

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