Lawhorn v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITIONS FOB DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MALONEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. The Third Court of Appeals reversed and reformed the judgment to reflect an acquittal, holding the evidence insufficient. Lawhom v. State, 843 S.W.2d 268 (Tex. App. — Austin 1992). We granted the State’s petitions for discretionary review to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in its sufficiency analysis.1

The Court of Appeals adequately set forth the relevant facts which we adopt verbatim as follows:

Appellant was arrested for…