Legal Opinion

Young v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided April 27, 1988No. 05-86-01320-CRPublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WHITHAM, Justice.

Appellant appeals a conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. The jury assessed punishment, enhanced, at life in the Texas Department of Corrections. In his sixth point of error, appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to prove “possession” of a handgun as alleged in the indictment. In his seventh point of error, appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to prove that appellant had a prior conviction involving violence and threatened violence to a person. We find no merit in either of appellant’s two challenges to the sufficiency of the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Todd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. McDonald v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. United States v. Laurel Joan MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Rollerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  2. Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2005
  3. Bates v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004
  4. Corpus v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2000
  5. Ramirez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1995

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