Legal Opinion

Branch v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided September 30, 1992No. 05-91-00144-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

THOMAS, Justice.

A jury convicted Steve Jakarta Branch of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in an amount less than twenty-eight grams. The trial court assessed punishment, enhanced by a prior felony conviction, at thirty years’ confinement and a $600 fine. In three points of error, Branch complains that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction; (2) the trial court erred in failing to consider the full range of punishment; and (3) the trial court erred in considering the law of parole in assessing punishment. We overrule the points of error and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Brandley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Belyeu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Burgett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006
  3. Jones v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1993
  4. Amalia Guerrero v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2005
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006

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