Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 22, 1981No. 59469PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of aggravated robbery. Appellant’s punishment was assessed at 75 years confinement.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdict of guilt, the evidence adduced revealed appellant to be one of two men who entered a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant located on Mockingbird Lane, then covered his face with a mask and held four employees at gunpoint while his unmasked confederate obtained the store’s money on September 18, 1977.

Court appointed counsel for appellant has filed a brief in which two grounds of error are…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Myre v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Ochoa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by67 opinions

  1. Wheeler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Roberts v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2000
  3. Prescott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. Duren v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
  5. Moreno v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999

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