Legal Opinion

Watts v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 27, 1982No. 05-81-00352 CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FISH, Justice.

Curtis William Watts was convicted by a jury of aggravated rape. The court assessed his punishment, enhanced by one pri- or felony conviction, at confinement from fifteen years to life. On this appeal, Watts challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the State’s identification testimony, the State’s jury argument, and the court’s finding that the enhancement paragraph in the indictment was true. Finding no merit in any of these grounds, we affirm.

SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE

Appellant makes three complaints concerning sufficiency of the evidence. First, he argues that the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Penagraph v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Bowden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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3Cited by3 opinions

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  2. Chavez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
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