Legal Opinion

Lafoon v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 17, 1976No. 51256PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*618OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice. The jury assessed punishment at life. The case was tried in Wichita County after a change of venue from Jack County.

Appellant has set forth eight grounds of error for consideration by this Court. Since the fourth ground challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, we will discuss it first.

This is a circumstantial evidence case, and the record is voluminous. Appellant and three others, Charlotte Hamilton La-foon, Ralph Brown and Doris Brown, were indicted jointly for the murders of Edith Shores,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ramos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Esquivel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Hopkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Easter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  3. Penagraph v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Bowden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Banda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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