Legal Opinion
Forsythe v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 21, 1983No. 09 82 118 CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROOKSHIRE, Justice.
Newton Forsythe appeals from a judgment declaring him guilty of Possession of a Controlled Substance and finding him to have been finally convicted of a prior felony of possession of a narcotic drug, marihuana. The jury fixed thirty (30) years confinement as punishment.
Ground of Error No. 1 is brief, terse and precise:
“The evidence is insufficient to sustain appellant’s conviction.”
The ensuing resume of the evidence is only illustrative, not exhaustive. This record raised fact determinations for the jury. We recount an illuminating few for weighing by the jury.
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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