Legal Opinion · Dissent

In re L.G.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 22, 1987No. 14584Published

1DissentBrady, Justice

DISSENTING OPINION

I must respectfully dissent from the majority opinion insofar as it holds there was sufficient evidence to show a crime was committed by appellant. The only evidence demonstrating the commission of a crime was the testimony of an accomplice that appellant represented the substance to be cocaine, that the accomplice felt different after ingesting the substance, and photographic evidence of appellant and the accomplice engaging in conduct consistent with possession of cocaine. No cocaine was actually recovered or admitted into evidence. Although adjudication of delinquency is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stein v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Bright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Steele v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985

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