Legal Opinion
Rushing v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided August 1, 2001No. 10-00-084-CRPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANCE, Justice.
When he was sixteen, Jonathan Daniel Rushing was living in a foster home. The home was near the residence of seventy-three-year-old Houston Burgess. Burgess’s body was located after a search; he had been missing five days. He was found stabbed to death with his throat cut; his car had been stolen.
Rushing and another juvenile were soon implicated, and they were arrested for the crime. Because Rushing was under age seventeen, the case was initially referred to the juvenile court. That court waived its jurisdiction and transferred the matter to district court for trial as…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by42 opinions
- in the Interest of D.W., T.W., and S.G., Children, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2008
- Rushing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Wolfe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Sanchez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2005
- Adams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
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