Legal Opinion
Thomas v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided December 16, 2009No. 08-08-00185-CRPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice.
Edmund Thomas, Appellant, was found guilty of assault against his spouse and sentenced to one year in jail, probated for fifteen months. On appeal, Appellant challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On May 30, 2007, Denise and her parents — Guadalupe and Appellant — were arguing in the living room over whether they could use her new car to travel to Arizona for a funeral. After thirty minutes of constant yelling, Denise took her three-year-old son with her to the bedroom as “things were getting…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Gollihar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- United States v. Daniel EspinozaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
- State v. StukesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
- Araceli Guzman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2015
- Billy Ray Foster, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2021
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