Legal Opinion

Clayton v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided May 5, 1983No. 13-81-034-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of indecency with a ten-year-old child and sentenced him to five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm.

In his first two grounds of error appellant contends that his conviction should be reversed because the State did not adduce sufficient evidence to identify him as the person who committed the offense charged in the indictment.

In this case, in reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, this court must examine all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury verdict. Ellett v. State, 607 S.W.2d 545…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Vachon v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. McDonald v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Arce v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Behring v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987

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