Legal Opinion
Middleton v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided January 25, 2006No. 06-05-00081-CRPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice MORRISS.
On two occasions — February 22 1 and 24, 2 2004 — Joe Middleton possessed at least some of the items of personal property stolen from Jason Hunter’s home February 19. 3 On a third occasion, March 2, 4 some of the items were found in his van. Middleton was indicted for burglary of Hunter’s home, was found guilty by a jury, and was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment by the trial court. Middleton appeals that conviction urging multiple points of error.
We affirm the conviction because (1) the theory of unexplained recent possession does not violate the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Zuniga v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- Miller-El v. DretkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Moore v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008
- Coffel v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007
- Andrew Garraway v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
- Andrew Garraway v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
- Christopher Kennedy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2015
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