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Hawkins v. State

Citations

  • 214 S.W.3d 668
  • 2007 Tex. App. LEXIS 40
  • 2007 WL 18693

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding defendant guilty of offense of theft where he entered car and started motor even though he was stopped before driving away
  • noting that asportation—the act of carrying away or removing property— is not an element of statutory theft
  • observing that “ asportation —the act of carrying away or removing property—is not an element of statutory theft” and affirming theft conviction of man who entered store premises after hours and picked up roll of barbed wire but dropped it upon discovery by store employee
  • “Generally, when each of the elements of a crime have occurred, the crime is complete.”

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Judges: Gray, Vance, Reyna

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