Legal Opinion

Pitts v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided August 17, 1987No. 05-87-00048-CRPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MeCLUNG, Justice.

Lawrence Jefferson Pitts was tried before a jury and convicted of aggravated assault. After having found the two enhancement allegations in the indictment were true, the jury assessed punishment at thirty-eight years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Correction. In three points of error, appellant asserts that: (1) there was insufficient evidence to prove that appellant caused serious bodily injury to the complainant, or that appellant caused serious bodily injury to complainant by striking the complainant mth his hands and, (2) the verdict returned by the jury was not…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Ex Parte AugustaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Tomlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Square v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1997
  2. St. Clair v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000
  3. State v. BogenreifSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Terry Michael Sizemore v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2012
  5. Moore v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991

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