Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)

Decided July 20, 1983No. 12-81-0208-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKAY, Justice.

Appellant was convicted in a jury trial of aggravated robbery and punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement for fifty years.

In his first ground of error appellant maintains the indictment is fundamentally defective because it omits necessary allegations for the offense of aggravated robbery.

Counsel for the State has not filed a brief with this court.

The indictment reads in part as follows: ... did then and there while in the course of committing theft and with intent to obtain property of Norrid Watkins and Sandra Yarborough, to-wit, money and jewelry, without the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Johnson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Frank Smith v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  2. Jimmy F. Smith v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  3. Camacho v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989

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