Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 26, 2008No. PD-0470-07PublishedCited by 120 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · MeyersMeyers, J.

in which WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.

Appellant, Arthur Lee Williams, was convicted of tampering with physical evidence under section 37.09(a)(1) of the Texas Penal Code and sentenced to twenty-five years of confinement.1 Appellant appealed and the court of appeals affirmed. We granted review to consider the legal sufficiency of the evidence. We will affirm.

I. FACTS

A police officer patrolling a high-crime neighborhood followed a car occupied by Appellant and Darrell Fields. Fields parked on the wrong side of the street in front of a house known by the officer to be *142…

3Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. Gollihar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  4. Swearingen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  5. State v. HardyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998

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4Cited by120 opinions

  1. Rabb, Richard LeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
  2. Nowlin, Keiona DashelleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
  3. State v. ZunigaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
  4. Romeo Hinojosa v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2014
  5. Karl Dean Stahmann v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2018

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