Legal Opinion
De Vaughn v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 15, 1984No. 04-83-00094-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTU, Justice.
Appellant seeks review of his conviction for the first degree felony offense of burglary of a habitation. TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 30.02(a)(3) (Vernon 1974).
- Trial was to a jury and punishment was assessed by the trial court at ten (10) years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.
Appellant challenges trial court rulings refusing to grant motions to dismiss for failure to afford a speedy trial and to quash the indictment. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.
Appellant, eighteen years old at the time of the offense, was arrested by Live Oak police…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- American Plant Food Corporation v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Barfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Brasfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Gilliam v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
- DeVaughn v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1984