Legal Opinion

Burks, Antwain Maurice

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 2, 2016No. PD-0992-15Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0992-15 ANTWAIN MAURICE BURKS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS FORT BEND COUNTY R ICHARDSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which M EYERS, J OHNSON, H ERVEY, and N EWELL, JJ., joined. A LCALA, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Y EARY, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which K ELLER, P.J., and K EASLER, J., joined. OPINION Appellant, Antwain Maurice Burks, was convicted of the offense of tampering with evidence—the human corpse of Dontay Leonard.1 He…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. Isassi v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  5. Arline v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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