Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 29, 1984No. 2-84-215-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

The appellant, Lloyd Edward Sanders, appeals from his conviction by a jury of the offense of burglary upon his plea of not guilty. The trial court assessed his punishment at eighteen years in the Texas Department of Corrections. He urges that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, and that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on his defense of “good faith purchase.”

We affirm, because we find that the evidence is sufficient to support the conviction, and because we find that Sanders’ “good faith purchase” defense was not raised by the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Denison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Freeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Buchanan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1989
  3. Ellis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1985
  4. Douglass Jerome Myers v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2003

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