Legal Opinion
Boyington v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided November 14, 1985No. 01-85-0114-CRPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARREN, Justice.
Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted on an indictment of arson causing bodily injury. After finding a single enhancement paragraph true, the jury assessed the appellant’s punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for 50 years. Appellant brings four grounds of error alleging insufficiency of the evidence, fundamental error in the indictment, the submission of a special issue to the jury not alleged in the indictment, and ineffective assistance of counsel.
On August 24,1984, appellant was indicted in Harris County for the offense of first…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Linder v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992
- Torres v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002
- Trent Mason v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
- Rogers v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1990
- State v. Parson, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1998
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