Legal Opinion

Epps v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided June 11, 1991No. 05-90-01016-CRPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

THOMAS, Justice.

Michael Christopher Epps appeals his conviction of attempted burglary of a habitation. Following a jury verdict of guilty, the trial court assessed punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions, at forty-five years’ confinement. In eight points of error, Epps generally complains that the trial court erred in: (a) failing to grant his motion to quash the indictment; (b) admitting the photographic line-up into evidence; (c) failing to grant his motion for an instructed verdict; and (d) failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of attempted criminal…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Moreno v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  5. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. BerryhillMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Wilson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2000
  3. Roane v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998
  4. Mark McCay v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2015
  5. In the MATTER OF M.I.S., a JuvenileCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016

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