Legal Opinion

Kanouse v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)

Decided January 7, 1998No. 09-96-156 CRPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PER curiam:.

Rhonda Jane Kanouse pleaded guilty to first degree murder. During punishment proceedings, the jury made an affirmative finding a deadly weapon was used and assessed punishment at sixty years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division. Raising two points of error, Kanouse appeals her conviction.

Point of error one claims the evidence adduced during the punishment phase was factually insufficient to sustain the jury’s assessment of sixty years’ confinement. Ka-nouse is, in effect, asking this court to conduct a Clewis review of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Ford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Flores v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1996
  5. Mendiola v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1996

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Bradfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2001
  2. Burrus v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2008
  3. Robertson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2008
  4. Jarvis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2010
  5. Ward v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2004

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