Legal Opinion
Garcia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 18, 1974No. 48845PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACKSON, Commissioner.
The conviction was for burglary with intent to commit theft; the punishment, life, enhanced under Art. 63 Vernon’s Ann.P.C., because of two prior convictions for felony theft and burglary.
On December 21, 1972, a business house in Waco known as Panther Oil Company, a service station managed by Rick Austin, was burglarized by prying the padlock off the front door and thereby entering the station. Some beer was taken. Charles Edward Goddard, Jr., operated an electric shop about half a block from Panther Oil Company. On the same morning about 3:00 A.M., Goddard went…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Henriksen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Bustamante v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Hicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Torres v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Lyles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Reynolds v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1987
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