Legal Opinion
Brasher v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 14, 1986No. A14-85-504-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURPHY, Justice.
A jury found appellant guilty of all charges made in a three-paragraph indictment alleging aggravated peijury. After a pre-sentence investigation, the court assessed a ten-year, probated sentence and a fine of $5,000.
The indictment accused appellant of making false statements while testifying before a grand jury of the 337th District Court of Harris County. The grand jury was investigating a shooting in which a police officer, Kendall R. Patterson, wounded a citizen, William H. Pressey.
Because four of appellant’s five grounds of error concern sufficiency of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Custom Leasing, Inc. v. Texas Bank & Trust Co. of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1974
- United States v. Alfred Ponticelli, Civ. A. 77-3785Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Ex Parte BurkettCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Deckard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
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- State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2000
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