Legal Opinion
Jernigan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 20, 1979No. 57277PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLINTON, Judge.
The offense is arson as proscribed by Article 1304 and related provisions of Title 17 in the 1925 Penal Code. Upon a jury verdict of guilty, the trial court assessed punishment at 10 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.
The judgment of conviction is assailed by twenty-one grounds of error, the first three raising sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict in this circumstantial evidence case. 1 To provide a setting for consideration of certain grounds of error other than those contesting sufficiency of the evidence, we first sketch profiles of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cerda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Roman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Forbes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Denham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Sierra v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Walters v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Gutierrez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
- Arrick v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
- Hood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Adams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1993
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