Legal Opinion

Roberts v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 10, 1984No. 2-83-077-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON COURT’S OWN MOTION FOR REHEARING

JOE SPURLOCK, II, Justice.

Appellant, Morris Roberts, was convicted by a jury of the offense of burglary of a habitation. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 30.02 (Vernon 1974). The jury assessed Roberts a sentence of eight years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).

This court previously affirmed the judgment in an opinion issued March 21, 1984. Roberts filed a motion for rehearing which basically reurged his points on appeal. We overrule his motion, but are convinced that our prior opinion was in part…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Barnes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Huffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Browning v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Long v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  4. Dickerson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Shockley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985

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