Legal Opinion

Clewis v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided March 15, 1994No. 05-92-01950-CRPublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LAGARDE, Justice.

A jury convicted Elbert Clewis of burglary of a building and assessed punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions, at fifty-five years’ confinement. Clewis appeals his conviction, asserting in a single point of error that the evidence is factually insufficient to support the conviction. He urges this Court to adopt a new standard for reviewing a factual sufficiency challenge. We decline to do so and affirm.

In his sole point of error, appellant claims that the evidence is factually insufficient to show that he knowingly or intentionally entered the building. This…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Cain v. BainTexas Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Tibbs v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. Giles v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  3. Foley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2010
  4. Alami v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
  5. Bath v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997

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