Legal Opinion

Dewberry v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided August 4, 1987No. 05-86-00626-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEWART, Justice.

The jury found appellant guilty of murder and assessed punishment at 15 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant brings seven points of error. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The chief witnesses for the State were Debra Ann Weaver and Debra Sauls, both white. As prostitutes, they regularly worked by automobile the East Dallas area. They testified that they observed the following incidents while working on the evening of January 25, 1986.

Around 8 p.m. while driving on Carroll towards Ross, two black males that the witnesses recognized as…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Royster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Dewberry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. State v. KellySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  4. Parris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  5. Gilbert Chapoy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1994

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