Legal Opinion

Disheroon v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 27, 1985No. 64827PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction for the aggravated robbery of a pharmacy clerk in Lubbock County. The jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Joe Allen Disheroon was initially indicted for aggravated robbery with two enhancement paragraphs alleging previous felony convictions for burglary and swindling by worthless check. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 12.42. Although the State later “dropped” the enhancement paragraphs of the indictment, the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Scott v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. Amos v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  2. Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
  3. James Sample v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2013
  4. James v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1999
  5. Alvear v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2000

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