Legal Opinion

Gilbert v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 8, 2016No. 14-15-00310-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Martha Hill Jamison, Justice

" A jury convicted appellant Tyrone Louis Gilbert of murder. The trial court sentenced appellant to imprisonment for life in the Institutional Division of the Texas *762Department of Criminal Justice.1 Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction and asserts the trial court erred in charging the jury, denying his motion for new trial, and allowing the State to engage in prejudicial jury argument. We affirm.

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence

In his first three issues, appellant argues the evidence was legally insufficient to prove…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Brandon Joseph Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  2. Gerardo Flores v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2018
  3. Gilbert, Tyrone LouisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2019
  4. Ivan Guerra Badillo A/K/A Ivan Badillo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2019
  5. Jessie Martin Pena v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2021

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