Legal Opinion

King v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided November 10, 2005No. 13-03-028-CRPublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CASTILLO.

A jury convicted appellant Gayle King of two counts of promoting a pyramid promotional scheme 1 and one count of theft by deception. 2 The jury acquitted her of five other indicted charges. The trial court sentenced King to three concurrent sentences of two years in a State Jail facility, probated for five years, imposed a fine, and ordered restitution. King raises eight issues on appeal. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In late 2000, a program referred to as Women Helping Women (‘WHW”), Original Dinner Partyr (“ODP”), or “birthday club” became popular as a “gifting…

2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Dockstader v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006
  3. Alberto Alba Villarreal v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  4. Kelly v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2006
  5. State v. Erica Lynn Fuller, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2015

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