Houston v. State

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING ON PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

This Court granted appellant’s motion for leave to file his motion for rehearing from the refusal of his petition for discretionary review in order to consider the correct stan dard for the review of cases based on circumstantial evidence. Appellant specifically asked that we announce the correct standard as being one in which the appellate court reviews the evidence in light of the presumption that the accused is innocent.

Subsequent to granting appellant’s motion for leave to file, we handed down a group…