Legal Opinion

Banks v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 16, 1971No. 44034PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery by assault with the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 63, Vernons Ann.P.C., being assessed at life.

At the outset the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction, particularly as to intent and to “the required element of a taking of property.”

On February 17, 1970, Patricia Wads-worth left Rutherford College in the city of Dallas about 9 p. m. and proceeded to a nearby parking lot where she discovered her automobile was blocked by another motor vehicle. She called…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Esparza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  2. Tinsley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Bailey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940

3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. McGee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Fierro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  5. Robert L. & Julia T. McCullough v. Scarbrough, Medlin & Associates, Inc, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2014

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