Legal Opinion

Devan Curtis Meeks v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided October 6, 2011No. 01-10-00905-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion issued October 6, 2011.

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

NO. 01-10-00905-CR

DEVAN CURTIS MEEKS, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 344th District Court

Chambers County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 14969

MEMORANDUM OPINION

A jury convicted Devan Curtis Meeks of murder, and the trial court assessed his punishment at sixty years’ confinement. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(b) (West 2003). On appeal, Meeks contends the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. We affirm.

Background

In the summer of 2008, Meeks, then nineteen years old, was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  4. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Ervin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2011

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