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Benoit v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 26, 1986No. 09-85-103 CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

The indictment against the Appellant set forth that, on September 8, 1984, he intentionally and knowingly appropriated property by exercising control over corporeal personal property, being a wallet and its contents, owned by Leon Okervall (stealing the wallet from the person of Leon), without his effective consent.

The first enhancement paragraph alleged that, on August 18, 1972, Benoit had been finally convicted of assault with intent to rob. A second enhancement paragraph set forth that Benoit was finally convicted, on April 6, 1978, of the felony of robbery.

The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. High v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Gainous v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  5. Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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