Legal Opinion

Day v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 17, 1976No. 50875PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary under V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 30.02(a)(1); *683punishment, enhanced under V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 12.42(d), is life.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to show a building was entered.

Y.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 30.02 defines burglary, in relevant part, as:

“(a) A person commits an offense if, without the effective consent of the owner:(1) he enters a habitation, or a building (or any portion of a building) not then open to the public, with intent to commit a felony or theft; . . . .”
“Building” for purposes of the burglary…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Anthony v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947

3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  2. Ellett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Carbide International, Ltd. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Cover v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1995

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