Legal Opinion

Elliott v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 11, 1970No. 42587PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is burglary with intent to commit theft; the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., 12 years.

The record reflects that in the early morning hours of December 20, 1967, Minsky’s Music Store, in the City of Dallas, was broken into and guitars, amplifiers and a record player taken.

Dallas Police Officer H. O. Ford was patrolling in the Preston Forest Shopping Center during such early morning hours when he observed an automobile driven from an alley behind the said music store and run a stop sign. He stopped the automobile as a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Powell v. Committee on Admissions & Grievances of the United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  3. Denham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Adair v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Lane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Stoker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Nicholas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Coulter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Ellingsworth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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