Legal Opinion
Gear v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 15, 2011No. PD-1069-10PublishedCited by 399 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, KEASLER and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
Appellant was convicted in a bench trial *744of attempted burglary of a habitation.1 The court of appeals decided that the evidence is legally insufficient to support appellant’s conviction because it would have been unreasonable for a fact finder to infer that appellant “intended to commit a felony, theft, or an assault inside the house” when he attempted to enter the complainant’s home through a window that he had broken. See Gear v. State, No. 12-09-00226-CR, slip op. at 8, 2010 WL 1899645 (Tex.App.-Tyler, delivered May…
3Cases cited9 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Padilla v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
- Solis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Slaton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1987
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4Cited by399 opinions
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