Legal Opinion

Rodriguez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 15, 1957No. 29008PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, two years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged, and appellant points to conflicts between the testimony of witnesses for the state and that of appellant and of a witness called by the defense.

The jury, the exclusive judges of the facts proved and the weight to be given to the testimony (Art. 706 C.C.P.), resolved the issues against the appellant and accepted the testimony of the state’s witnesses as true.

This court cannot, in reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, substitute its judgment on the disputed issues…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Nilsson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. Valdez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Floyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

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