Legal Opinion

Barrington J. Thompson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided November 8, 2012No. 01-11-00350-CRPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

A jury found appellant Barrington Thompson guilty of the state jail felony offense of evading arrest in a motor vehicle.1 After appellant pleaded true to two enhancement paragraphs, the trial court sentenced appellant to three years in prison. In two issues, appellant asserts on appeal that (1) the evidence is insufficient to prove that he intentionally fled from a person that he knew to be a peace officer, who was attempting to detain him and (2) the trial court erred in overruling his objection to a remark made by the prosecutor during closing argument.

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Chambers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  2. Alex Gonzalez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2015
  3. Avis Lavar King v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2019
  4. Brian Tatum v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2024
  5. Ejoifor Onyechy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2018

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