Legal Opinion

Dixon v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)

Decided April 3, 1996No. 09-95-097 CRPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

A jury convicted Dixon of possession of a controlled substance, marijuana. The jury found true two enhancement counts and assessed punishment at forty years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Dixon appeals on two points of error.

In his first point, Dixon asserts the evidence was insufficient to prove possession. In reviewing a challenge of sufficiency, all of the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found all of the elements of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Bates v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004
  2. Nixon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1996
  3. Hubert v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2010
  4. Kroopf v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1998
  5. Bates v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004

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