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Evans v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 18, 1969No. 42141PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, 10 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Mrs. Nora Bennett, the 79-year-old complaining witness, testified that on May 25, 1967, shortly after she became a widow, appellant and another man appeared at her home in Stephenville wanting to inspect and spray her house for termites and borers; that she declined since the same work had been done within the last year or so; that she departed for a wedding shower and when she returned the two men were still there sitting on her porch; that the pair returned early the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Beck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Ex Parte BagleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Castillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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