Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 30, 2017No. 07-16-00435-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINIÓN

Brian Quinn, Chief Justice

Appellant appeals his conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. Through a single issue, he invokes the corpus delecti rule to contend that the evidence was insufficient ' to show that he' had possessed the firearm within five years from the date of his release from prison. We affirm.

The Laiv

The standard of review , is explained in Fernandes v. State, 479 S.W.3d 835 (Tex. Crim. App. 2016). We apply it here.

Néxt, the corpus delecti rule “is one of evidentiary sufficiency affecting cases in which there is an extrajudicial confession.” Miller v. State,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Salazar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Fernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
  4. Miller, Christopher AdrianCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
  5. Robert Saldana, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2013

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Demondre Deshawn Holiness v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2021
  2. George Guadalupe Quintanilla v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2019

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