Legal Opinion

Chambliss v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided September 22, 1982No. 08-81-00038-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction of murder where the jury assessed the punishment at confinement for 99 years. We affirm.

In his fifth ground of error, the Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction, and we will first dispose of this point.

Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, a recitation of that evidence shows that Army Sergeant J. B. England was discovered shot and bleeding beside his van on the right shoulder of the west-bound lane of Interstate 20 in Midland County. This occurred at 4:00 a. m. on July 18,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. McMahon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  3. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Chappell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Crawford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Chambliss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. David Stratta v. Billy HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
  3. Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
  4. Parra v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1996
  5. Powell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1997

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