Legal Opinion

Cadena v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 6, 1974No. 47405PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction was for attempt to commit burglary; the punishment enhanced by the court under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P. C., for two prior convictions was life.

No question is raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence, which need not be detailed.

The first ground of error relied on by appellant is that the court erred in permitting evidence before the jury about his prior convictions at his trial on October 2, 1972.

Eyewitnesses identified appellant as the man that attempted to break into the house in the daytime. Appellant took the stand, denied that he was the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. Jack F. GarberCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  2. Satterwhite v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Newman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  2. Fee v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1986
  3. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. James E. Givins, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2009
  5. James E. Givins, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2009

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