Legal Opinion

Valle v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided December 29, 2006No. 07-05-0087-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.

Aníbal Heriberto Valle (appellant) appeals his conviction for possessing approximately 30 pounds of marijuana. The contraband was found within a pallet of corn flour. The corn flour was being hauled in a trailer of an eighteen wheeler along with other cargo. Appellant drove the eighteen wheeler. The six issues before us concern *540the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction. We reverse and remand.

Applicable Law

When both the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence is challenged, the former must be addressed first. Clewis v.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  2. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Poindexter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  5. Menchaca v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1995

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Villarreal Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2008
  2. Fillip E. Montoya v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
  3. Fillip E. Montoya v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
  4. Fillip E. Montoya v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
  5. Jaime Villarreal Lopez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2008

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