Legal Opinion

Fuller v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 27, 2002No. 1283-98PublishedCited by 339 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.

in which MEYERS, PRICE, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

A jury convicted appellant of “injury to an elderly individual.” See Section 22.04(a), Texas Penal Code. The Court of Appeals acquitted appellant after deciding that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. See Fuller v. State, slip op. at 2-3 (Tex.App.—Waco, No. 10-98-019-CR, delivered May 27, 1998, pet. granted) (nonpublished). We reverse.

The indictment alleged that appellant committed the offense against “Olen M. Fuller” who is appellant’s father. The prosecution proved that appellant injured his elderly father…

3Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Gollihar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Larry Lee Bledsue v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999

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4Cited by339 opinions

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  4. Rabb, Richard LeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
  5. Duren v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002

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