Legal Opinion

Dues v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 17, 1970No. 42944PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary with intent to commit theft. The punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., was assessed at life.

At the outset appellant vigorously challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. He contends that the only evidence connecting him with the burglary of the premises where he worked as cook, porter and “clean up” man was his fingerprints on the inside of a jagged piece of glass in the frame of the broken window, which apparently was the point of entry.

Carol Bibby, assistant…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Grice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  2. Briones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  3. Caudillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  4. Roach v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  5. Mann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  2. Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Rheuark v. ShawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  4. Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Phelps v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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