Legal Opinion

Guerra v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided December 21, 1983No. 13-82-090-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

In a jury trial, appellant was convicted of burglary of a building. Punishment was assessed by the Court at four years and six months imprisonment. On appeal appellant contends that the trial court erred (1) by overruling his Motion for Instructed Verdict; (2) by refusing to instruct the jury that they could not presume appellant had the intent to steal; and (3) by allowing improper final argument by the prosecutor. We overrule appellant’s grounds of error and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In his first ground of error appellant contends that his Motion for…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Moss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  3. Mauldin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Pless v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Ortega v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. In re A.S.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Wilkerson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1996
  3. Mott v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Thomas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1988
  5. Shockley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985

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