Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Taylor v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 28, 1983No. 13-81-258-CRPublished

1ConcurrenceNye, Chief Justice

I concur in the result reached by the majority. In light of the recent decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals in Wilson v. State, 654 S.W.2d 465 (Tex.Cr.App.1983), I must reluctantly concur in the opinion of the majority of this Court. My reluctance is based solely on my tacit complicity in sanctioning what I believe to be a very confusing set of standards for the review of sufficiency of the evidence questions from trials based solely on circumstantial evidence.

Were we charged with the duty of viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, my position would be…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Brasfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Hankins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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