Legal Opinion

Roberts v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided November 23, 1988No. 08-86-00289-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The jury assessed punishment at sixty years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

Point of Error No. One asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. The general standard of review for such contention is whether an analysis of the evidence in a light most favorable' to the verdict reflects that any rational trier of fact could have found each and every element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. Carlsen v. State, 654 S.W.2d 444 (Tex.Crim.App.1983). This being a circumstantial evidence case, the proper…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rose v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  2. Huffman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1989
  3. Roberts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  4. Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Donald Keith Dennis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003

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