Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 21, 1976No. 50769PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction in a bench trial for the burglary of a habitation under V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 30.02, wherein the punishment was assessed at ten (10) years’ confinement in the Department of Corrections.

Among appellant’s grounds of error are contentions that testimony of the accomplice witnesses was not corroborated and that the evidence was insufficient to show that the structure involved was in fact a habitation as defined by the Penal Code.

In connection with the corroboration question, we observe that appellant took the stand in…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Boothe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Morales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  4. Bowie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  5. Kizer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  2. Garrett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. Blankenship v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Barfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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