Legal Opinion

Levi v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 21, 1978No. 54668PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of theft of property of the value of more than $200 but less than $10,000. The punishment is imprisonment for four years, probated.

The appellant asserts that the trial court erroneously refused to submit to the jury a charge on the law of circumstantial evidence. We agree and reverse.

The appellant made a timely objection to the court’s charge because it did not include a charge on circumstantial evidence. He also timely submitted to the court a specially requested charge on the law of circumstantial evidence which the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  3. Barber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  4. Ramsey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  5. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Acy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Britton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. Britton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Joseph James Bishop v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2012
  5. Joseph James Bishop v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2012

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