Legal Opinion

Farrington v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 21, 1972No. 44819PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of conspiracy to commit theft. In a trial before the court, the punishment was assessed at five years.

The appellant was indicted along with fifteen others for entering into a positive agreement to steal money of over the value of fifty dollars from Truett Kennedy. A motion to sever by all of the other defendants was granted and the appellant was tried alone.

Each complaint attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to show that the conspirators agreed to take money with the intent then and there to deprive the owner of its…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Attorney General v. TuftsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  2. Dignowitty v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1856
  3. Nisbet v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  4. Roberts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  5. Marks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Rhoten v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2009
  2. Barber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. McCann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Delay v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
  5. Miles v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008

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