Legal Opinion

Moore v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 27, 1982No. 61301PublishedCited by 81 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated robbery. Punishment was assessed at twenty-five years’ confinement. Appellant raises four grounds of error, including a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. We reverse and order a judgment of acquittal be entered in this cause.

Howard Reuse, a night clerk at the Astro Motel in Lubbock, testified that at about 5:45 a.m. on June 25, 1978, a light-skinned black man entered the motel office and robbed him at gunpoint of $100.32. Reuse described the robber as wearing a mask covering his face and extending below his…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Autry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Sullivan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Swink v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by81 opinions

  1. Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Skillern v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1995
  4. Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Alvarado v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1991

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