Legal Opinion
Lacour v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided December 3, 1998No. 09-96-322CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURGESS, Justice.
A jury found David Lacour guilty of disorderly conduct and the court assessed a $500 fine. Lacour appeals bringing three points of error.
In his first point of error, Lacour alleges the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for an instructed verdict and in denying his motion for a new trial because the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.
The standard for reviewing legal sufficiency is whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- McGee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Hefner v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1997
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Lacour v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- State v. York, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2000
- Lacour v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2000
- Swire v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1999
- Broussard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
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