Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 24, 1979No. 58371PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary of a building with intent to commit theft wherein punishment was assessed at fifteen years.

In his first of two grounds of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in denying his written request to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence. Appellant was convicted of burglarizing a U-Totem convenience store in the early morning hours of July 26,1975. The record reflects that two Houston police officers responded to notice of an alarm coming from the store at about 2:10 a. m. As the officers were arriving at…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Riggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Ales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Knorpp v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1983
  3. Dominguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1988
  4. Skatell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Graybill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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