Legal Opinion
Scott v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided September 18, 1996No. 05-94-01132-CRPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRIS, Justice.
In this case we address the standards of review applied to claims of legal and factual insufficiency of the evidence. In particular, we examine the standard of review for claims of factual insufficiency as recently announced by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. We then apply the standards to the claims of Rodrick Lakirk Scott.
Scott contends the evidence presented at his trial was both legally and factually insufficient to support his conviction for capital murder. After examining all the evidence in light of the prevailing standards of review, we conclude the…
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