Legal Opinion

Payne v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided May 30, 2006No. 14-04-00876-CRPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EVA M. GUZMAN, Justice.

In this case, appellant Tracy Lamar Payne asks us to evaluate the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction for the murder of Billy Williams. He also asks us to determine whether the trial court erred when it submitted a jury charge that authorized the jury to convict appellant as either a principal or a party over appellant’s objection that the record contains no evidentiary support for the charge. Because the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to sustain appellant’s conviction, and because we find no reversible error in…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Zuniga v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  5. Sims v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Timothy Hutchison v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2014
  2. Green v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
  3. Reginald Ray Washington, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014
  4. Trenor v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2010
  5. Uddin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016

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