Legal Opinion

Brooks v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)

Decided February 28, 1995No. 12-93-00018-CRPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RAMEY, Chief Justice.

The Appellant, James Brooks (“Brooks”), appeals his conviction for engaging in organized criminal activity. Following a plea of “not guilty,” Brooks was tried before a jury, which found him guilty of the offense charged and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment and a ten thousand dollar fine. We will affirm the conviction.

Brooks’ first point of error asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. The standard for reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence is whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Barber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  5. United States v. Lawrence Lewis, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Ryan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1996
  2. Umoja v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. Gallegos v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2002
  4. Abraham, Shenuty Maximus v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002
  5. Alexi Dominick Hemphill v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014

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