Legal Opinion

Hudson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided April 8, 1982No. 01-81-0232-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DOYLE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted for the offense of attempted burglary of a building. His punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed at life.

The appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, but by six grounds of error, he attacks the validity of the indictment and the court’s charge.

The appellant under his first ground of error argues that his motion to quash should have been granted since the indictment failed to allege that he acted with specific intent. He argues that the constituent elements of burglary, i.e., intent to commit theft or a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. McCardell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Alvarado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Salinas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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