Legal Opinion
Simmons v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 2, 2003No. 1840-02PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
joined by MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, and HOLCOMB, JJ.
After appellant accepted two GEICO checks as payment for his auto theft and car storage insurance claims, he was charged with theft for making a fraudulent insurance claim. The court of appeals reversed appellant’s conviction, holding that the evidence was legally insufficient to prove the value of the two checks because the State did not show that “the drawer of the check had sufficient funds to cover the check at the time the [defendant] came into possession of the check.”1 We- granted review to determine what evidence…
3Cases cited32 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. CarpenterTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- City of Austin v. CannizzoTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- City of Pearland v. AlexanderTexas Supreme Court · 1972
- Keeton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
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4Cited by43 opinions
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- Naranjo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2006
- Lawrence v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2006
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