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Benson v. State

Citations

  • 661 S.W.2d 708
  • 1982 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 854

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • distinguishing between the elements of a “witness” and a “prospective witness” in retaliation statute
  • distinguishing between the elements of a \witness\ and a \prospective witness\ in retaliation statute
  • evidence insufficient to convict defendant of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit the offense of retaliation
  • \We hold that when a charge is correct for the theory of the case presented we review the sufficiency of the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict by comparing the evidence to the indictment as incorporated into the charge.\
  • op. on State’s second motion for reh’g
  • On State's motion for rehearing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Davis, Clinton, Onion, Roberts, Odom, Dally, McCormick, Teague, Miller, Campbell

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163 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Benson v. State

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