Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided August 16, 2001No. 14-00-00707-CRPublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FOWLER, Justice.

A jury found Curtis Smith, appellant, guilty of murder and assessed punishment at 45 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Appellant brings five points of error to this court. In his first point of error, appellant complains that the trial court erred in admitting extraneous offense evidence during the punishment phase. In his second through fifth points of error, appellant complains of the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On May 17, 1999, George Robinson, the complainant, was murdered. He was…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Huizar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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