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Esparza v. State

Citations

  • 367 S.W.2d 861
  • 1963 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 899

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the evidence was sufficient because “by pushing the automobile away from the place where he had found it, [Esparza] had exercised sufficient dominion and control”
  • holding that the evidence was sufficient because “by pushing the automobile away from the place where he had found it, [Esparza] had exercised sufficient dominion and control”
  • evidence was sufficient to establish theft based on Es-parza having “dominion and control” over the car “by pushing the automobile away from the place where he had found it”
  • defendant was present in the driver’s seat of a car that would not start because the ignition wires had been cut
  • defendant was present in the driver’s seat of a car that would not start because the ignition wires had been cut

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Judges: Morrison

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