Legal Opinion
Ellis v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided August 7, 1986No. 01-85-00668-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ASHWORTH, Justice
(Retired, Sitting by Assignment).
A jury found appellant guilty of theft of over $20,000.00 and assessed his punishment at 10 years confinement and a $10,-000 dollar fine.
Judgment affirmed.
The instant case involves a number of different instances in which appellant and his associates, who worked under his direction, falsified the credit records of various individuals so that General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), Chrysler Credit Corporation, and Citicorp Acceptance Corporation made loans they would not have made had they received true credit information. In some…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Stanford v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- McKenzie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- William Spinelli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Billey v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1995
- Wilson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
- Thacker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Murillo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1992
- Dabney v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
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