Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided August 31, 2000No. 14-99-00480-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of burglary of a habitation. The sole point of error on appeal is whether the trial court erred by allowing the victim to identify Warren Brown, the appellant, as the assailant in court based on a suggestive pretrial identification procedure.

Factual And ProceduRal History

On March 14, 1998, Britt Chelma found an intruder in her house. As she pursued him, he ran up a few steps towards a bathroom. Turning to face Chelma, the intruder then pushed her down one step, causing her to fall backward. Although injured during the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Foster v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Ibarra v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Santos v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2003
  2. Adrian Dewayne Graves v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
  3. Balderas, Juan A/K/A ApacheTexas Supreme Court · 2015
  4. Clarence Moore Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
  5. Cruz Joel Garcia, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007

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