Legal Opinion

Stevenson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 13, 1970No. 42894PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, three (3) years.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. The record reflects that the complaining witness testified that a number of items were taken from her apartment, which had been broken into while she was absent. A newsboy testified that he carried a number of items for appellant, some of which matched the description of the stolen property, to an area in close proximity to the apartment where the stolen goods were recovered. Upon talking with this newsboy, police officers went to this location, searched for…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  3. Arthur Earl Marshall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. Thornton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Winfield H. Lyon, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Toler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  2. Blassingame v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Sutton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Weatherly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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