Legal Opinion

Phelps v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)

Decided July 29, 1999No. 11-97-00258-CRPublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

W.G. ARNOT, III, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Reid Darwin Phelps of injury to a child. 1 The indictment contained enhancement paragraphs for two prior felony convictions. The jury found both paragraphs true and assessed punishment at 60 years confinement. 2 Appellant urges 13 points of error. We affirm.

In his eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth points of error, appellant argues that the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. In reviewing the legal sufficiency of the evidence, we must review all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Ethington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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3Cited by48 opinions

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  3. Thomas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2009
  4. Wheaton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
  5. Fang v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018

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