Legal Opinion
Chambers v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided July 28, 1988No. 01-86-00520-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
755 S.W.2d 907 (1988)
Earl CHAMBERS, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 01-86-00520-CR.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).
July 28, 1988.
John Gilleland, Houston, for appellant.
John B. Holmes, Dist. Atty., Harris County, for appellee.
Before WARREN, DUNN and COHEN, JJ.
OPINION
COHEN, Justice.
This case presents the following question:
Can a defendant be found guilty of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt when the victim testifies that no crime occurred, and there is no sworn testimony to the contrary?
We answer in the negative.
A jury found appellant guilty of indecency with a…
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