Legal Opinion

Pringle v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 19, 1974No. 48460PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery; punishment was assessed at life. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

By his first ground of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in admitting State’s Exhibits 2 and 3, a shirt and jacket, into evidence, because they were not shown to have belonged to him. The exhibits were shown to have been found in the vicinity of the robbery shortly after it occurred. The jacket fit the description given by the victim of what the robber was wearing and the shirt fit the *36description of that worn by appellant, seen by the used…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  2. Chapman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Alejandro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Bird v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Kerns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Shippy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

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