Legal Opinion

English v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 30, 1983No. 65140PublishedCited by 119 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for aggravated robbery and was found guilty by a jury which also found true the indictment paragraphs alleging appellant’s two prior felony convictions. Accordingly, punishment was assessed at life imprisonment. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 12.42(d).

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence adduced at trial to prove the allegation in the indictment that the offense involved the exhibition and use of a deadly weapon, “to-wit: a knife, that in the manner of its use and intended usé was capable of causing death and serious bodily injury.” The…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Steagald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Denham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by119 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  4. Self v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  5. Matthew Ryan Wilson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012

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