Lawhorn v. State

I disagree with the majority’s reasoning and judgment for the following reasons.

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Lawhorn contends in his first point of error that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for instructed verdict. The motion rested on Lawhom’s claim that the evidence was insufficient to permit a rational jury to find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he intended to escape when he entered the apartment. The majority have detailed the evidence, and I need not repeat it here. Suffice it to say that the evidence showed that Lawhorn broke free from the deputy sheriff’s detention and fled to an apartment…