Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 2015No. 01-14-01010-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Evelyn V. Keyes, Justice

A jury convicted appellant, Marcus D. Jackson, of the third-degree felony offense of possession of between one and four grams of phencyclidine, or PCP. After finding the allegations in two enhancement paragraphs true, the trial court assessed his -punishment at thirty-five years’ confinement.1 In one issue, appellant contends that the State failed to present sufficient evidence that he possessed more than one gram of PCP.

We affirm.

Background

On March 4, 2014, Houston Police Department (“HPD”) Officers J. Sneed and D. Morelli were working an extra security job at…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Amanda Kay Parks-Hodges v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2026
  2. Marion Hoover Small v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2016
  3. Prentis Ray Venzant v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2016

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