Legal Opinion

Meek v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 2, 1982No. 2-81-050-CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RICHARD L. BROWN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at ten years confinement, probated.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Although the sufficiency of the evidence is not in dispute, we outline briefly the facts of the case. The appellant, Sylvia Faye Meek, owned and operated a licensed security agency. She employed the decedent, Louis Smart, as a polygraph examiner in 1976. In 1977 the two changed their employment agreement. Among the changes, it was agreed that the polygraph instrument, owned by appellant and furnished to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Alejandro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Quinones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. DeRusse v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. State Ex Rel. Cobb v. GodfreyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Martinez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
  4. Huggins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1990
  5. Bacey v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1999

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