Legal Opinion

McWherter v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 12, 1980No. 58777PublishedCited by 111 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated robbery, where the jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not challenged. Appellant robbed the complaining witness at gunpoint and forced her into her car, then picked up another man. As they drove around for about an hour, appellant and the other man alternately raped the complaining witness and then left her in the parking lot where she had first been accosted.

Initially, appellant contends the trial court erred in failing and refusing to…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Mendoza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Reese v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. Eldred v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Holloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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3Cited by111 opinions

  1. State v. GonzalezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. Livingston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Rudd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  5. Hardesty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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