Legal Opinion

Franks v. State of Texas

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 27, 1985No. 879-83PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*503OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of burglary of a habitation, found that appellant had been previously convicted of a felony, and assessed punishment at fifty years’ confinement. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment. 661 S.W.2d 166. We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to address the court of appeals affirmance of the denial of appellant’s motion to quash the indictment, and to address the apparent conflict between our decision in Lane v. State, 621 S.W.2d 172 (Tex.Cr.App.1981) and those in Denison…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Denison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Pinkerton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Lane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Franks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Chunn v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
  3. Erlandson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1988
  5. Arturo Lopez v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2023

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