Legal Opinion
Gifford v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 17, 1982No. 3-81-056-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.
In a trial before a jury after a plea of not guilty, appellant was convicted of burglary of a habitation. Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 30.-02(a)(1) (1974). Punishment was assessed by the court at fifty years in prison. Appellant duly perfected his appeal and filed his brief in the trial court on May 22, 1981. In the more than eight months since that filing, the State has not filed a brief and has not participated in the defense of this appeal in any way. This Court has been forced to determine the State’s position solely from the trial record.
We must reverse the judgment in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Briddle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Santana v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1992
- Port v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
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