Legal Opinion

Chandler v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided December 31, 1987No. 13-87-100-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DORSEY, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of burglarizing a habitation, and the trial court assessed punishment at 16 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

In his first three points of error, appellant contends that (1) the structure burglarized was a building rather than a habitation, (2) the evidence fails to corroborate accomplice testimony, and (3) a pretrial identification procedure was impermissibly suggestive. We sustain appellant’s first point of error and remand the case to the trial court for an entry of acquittal.

Burglary of a habitation is a first degree felony,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Gamez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  4. Paulus v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Blankenship v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Mendoza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
  3. Navarette v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  4. Soliz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1990
  5. Chandler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990

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