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Blackman v. State

Citations

  • 350 S.W.3d 588
  • 2011 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 497
  • 2011 WL 1376732

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that to prove unlawful possession of a controlled substance, the State was required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that: (1) Valadez exercised control, management, or care over the substance; and (2) he knew the matter possessed was contraband
  • reasoning jury could reasonably rely on narcotics investigator’s opinion appellant acted like narcotics trafficker
  • “A jury could reasonably find that Gordon would not bring two innocent-bystander witnesses hundreds of miles to a large-scale narcotics transaction.”
  • in order to convict a defendant for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, the State must prove he knew that the substance in his possession was contraband
  • “Each fact need not point directly and independently to the guilt of the appellant, as long as the cumulative force of all the incriminating circumstances is sufficient to support the conviction.”
  • front seat passenger defendant had traveled hundreds of miles with two other men, after which time the driver was given a box, later found behind driver’s seat of van and which contained three kilograms of cocaine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hervey, Keller, Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Cochran, Meyers

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

Cites

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