Legal Opinion

Landers v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 20, 1977No. 51979PublishedCited by 201 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under the former penal code of the offense of passing a forged instrument and his punishment was assessed by a jury at five years. A prior conviction in this cause was reversed by this Court for the admission of a similar instrument bearing appellant’s name, operator’s license and social security number without any proof as to who wrote said items on said instrument or any evidence connecting appellant therewith. Landers v. State, Tex. Cr.App., 519 S.W.2d 115. The evidence showed that two checkbooks were stolen at a burglary on March 19, 1972.…

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2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Brookhart v. JanisSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Berger v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by201 opinions

  1. Bledsoe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  2. Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Rudd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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