Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided January 23, 2008No. 01-06-00266-CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant, Gregory Dewayne Jenkins, of one count of aggravated kidnapping 1 in each appellate cause number, 2 and the court sentenced him to 27 years’ confinement on each count. In six issues, appellant argues that (1) the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support his conviction for aggravated kidnapping and (2) the trial court erred when it refused to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of unlawful restraint.

We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant and Nieketi Williamson first met in February 2003 and dated for five months. After…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  2. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Sims v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  5. Santellan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Mayer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
  2. State v. GarciaWashington Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Kenneth Ramone Dearborn, II v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014
  4. Romeo Hinojosa v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2014
  5. State v. NeumanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2009

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