Legal Opinion

Ross v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 20, 1991No. C14-89-954-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty before the jury to the offense of burglary. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 30.02(a)(1). He was convicted and the jury assessed punishment, enhanced under Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 12.42(b), at imprisonment for 20 years. We affirm.

On June 29, 1989, while leaving his office, Richard Ridgeway saw Appellant standing on barrels outside a warehouse pulling copper wire out of an electrical box. Ridgeway, who leased a nearby building, went back into the office to tell the complainant that someone was at the warehouse. Complainant, owned the warehouse…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Ingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  5. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Morrison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Phetvongkham v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1992
  3. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. David Roy Cleveland v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008
  5. David Roy Cleveland v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008

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