Legal Opinion

Leal v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided September 23, 1998No. 04-96-00891-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STONE, Justice.

This appeal arises from a jury’s conviction of Johnny Leal on one count of theft of livestock. After convicting Leal, the jury sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment. In four points of error Leal contends the trial court erred by denying his motion for an instructed verdict, the evidence does not support the conviction as charged, the trial court erred in its charge to the jury, and the court erred by admitting evidence of an extraneous offense. Because the evidence is insufficient to support conviction of the offense as charged, we hold the trial court erred by…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. McDuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Crenshaw, Bradley KeltonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  2. Avila v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2000
  3. Phelps v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1999
  4. Hoitt v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
  5. Broussard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999

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