Legal Opinion

Garner v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 23, 1983No. 2-82-070-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*438OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

Appellant, David Joe Garner, was tried by a jury and convicted of the offense of theft. Upon a finding of “true” to two enhancement paragraphs contained in the indictment, punishment was assessed at life imprisonment by the court pursuant to the habitual criminal statute.

We affirm.

The evidence showed that appellant Garner, accompanied by an unidentified woman and child, walked into an automobile dealership in the city of Weatherford and expressed an interest in purchasing one of the vehicles on the lot. According to a salesman on duty at the time, Garner asked to take…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Wilder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Mathis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. Kincaid v. State of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. Bevill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Anthony David Palacios v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2006
  2. Anthony David Palacios v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2006
  3. Robert James Williamson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1994

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