Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 27, 1985No. 62710PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of murder and assessed her punishment at confinement for life.

Appellant raises eight grounds of error, including a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. We turn first to the sufficiency issue.

Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support her conviction because the testimony of her accomplice and co-defendant, Valerie Campbell, is not corroborated.

Valerie Campbell testified that she was seventeen years of age and had known appellant for about seven years. During the early morning hours of Saturday, July 15, 1978,…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Alejandro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Luck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Asberry v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
  2. Ovalle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Wilkerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  5. Borjan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990

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