Legal Opinion

Alphonso Morris v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 10, 2015No. 14-13-01090-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice

Appellant Alphonso Morris challenges his conviction for credit-card abuse. We consider whether his conviction is supported by sufficient evidence, whether a recording of a telephone call between appellant and a police officer was properly authenticated, and whether appellant waived his improper-jury argument complaint by failing to object in the trial court. We affirm.

I. Factual and PROCEDURAL Background

The complainant accidentally dropped her credit card at a Houston gas station. She quickly discovered what had happened and reported her credit card as…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  2. Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. McDuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Weatherred v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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