Legal Opinion

Thorpe v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 23, 1992No. 01-90-00661-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

WILSON, Justice.

This is an appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. George Casper Thorpe, the appellant, was found guilty of the felony offense of aggravated possession of methamphetamine. In addition, the jury found the allegations in the two enhancement paragraphs “true” and assessed punishment at 50-years confinement. We affirm by distinguishing the holdings in McGlothlin v. State1 and Engelking v. State.2

The appellant has filed motion for rehearing, and the motion is overruled. However, we withdraw our earlier opinion issued on December 12,1991,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Patterson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Chambers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Engelking v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  5. Chavez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1989

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Thorpe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. Thorpe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993

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