Legal Opinion

Rogers v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 17, 1994No. 2-93-192-CRPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FARRIS, Justice.

A jury convicted James Edward Rogers, Jr., of aggravated assault and the trial court assessed his punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, at forty years’ confinement. On appeal, Rogers challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. Because any rational trier of fact could have found Rogers threatened the complainant with imminent bodily injury and used the pocket knife as a deadly weapon, we overrule all points of error and affirm the conviction.

When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, the reviewing court must review the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Davidson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Jones v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1993
  5. Hughes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1990

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Hester v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1995
  3. Villarreal v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
  4. Jones v. ShipleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  5. Andrew Huerta v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2025

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