Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 3, 1984No. 01-83-0125-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

The opinion delivered December 1, 1983 in this cause is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted therefor.

A jury found the appellant guilty of burglary of a building. At the punishment phase, the appellant pleaded “true” to two prior felony convictions, and the court submitted a charge to the jury on punishment. The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

The appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, and he also asserts that the court’s charge to the jury is fundamentally defective. We affirm.

An eyewitness to the crime…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Hardesty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Harvey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Nichols v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1990
  2. John Benjamin Crutchfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2011
  3. John Benjamin Crutchfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2011
  4. Peggy Ruth Boney v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
  5. Walker v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989

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