Legal Opinion

Edward Compton A/K/A Edward Jackson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)

Decided December 20, 2007No. 02-06-00281-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 2-06-281-CR

EDWARD COMPTON APPELLANT

A/K/A EDWARD JACKSON

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

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FROM THE 235TH DISTRICT COURT OF COOKE COUNTY

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MEMORANDUM OPINION[1]

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I. Introduction

A jury convicted Appellant Edward Compton a/k/a Edward Jackson of murder and assessed his punishment at twenty-five years= confinement. In nine points, Compton argues that there was a fatal variance between the allegations in the indictment and the evidence presented at trial; that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to show that…

Also in this document: Per curiam.

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997

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