Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 14, 1983No. 65762, 65763PublishedCited by 365 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W.C. DAVIS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the offenses of burglary of a building and burglary of a vehicle. In each case the State alleged that appellant had been previously convicted of credit card abuse and possession of marihuana. Upon the jury’s finding that these allegations were “true,” the trial court assessed appellant’s punishment in each case at life imprisonment.
The sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence is challenged in both causes.
The evidence adduced at trial reflects that Scott Eric Rogers, accompanied by Brenda Lynn Cash, pulled up and parked his company van at…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by365 opinions
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- Simmons v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1997
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