Legal Opinion

David Lee Criff v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided July 10, 2014No. 14-13-00960-CRPublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.

Appellant David Lee Criff appeals from his conviction for injury to an elderly individual. A jury found appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at 25 years in prison. In a single issue, appellant asserts that the testimony of complainant, the sole eyewitness, was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant knowingly and intentionally caused injury to an elderly person. We affirm.

Background

On November 1, 2012, the seventy-eight-year old complainant was assaulted and robbed in her apartment home. According to complainant, she lived…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. McDuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Burden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Finley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  2. Shaun Adrian Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  3. Delfino Guzman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2018
  4. Pena v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017

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