Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 9/20/1976
Johnson v. State
Citations
- 541 S.W.2d 185
- 1976 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1057
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that even though officer arrested appellant before theft occurred, sufficient evidence from attendant circumstances established aggravated robbery
- holding that defendant’s possession of gun in supermarket and his companion pointing gun at store manager were enough to support his conviction of aggravated robbery even though there was no evidence of demand for or taking of money
- stating that the cumulative weight of the evidence and circumstances together can be enough establish guilt
- explaining that “a specific verbal demand is not the talisman of an intent to steal”; rather, intent may be inferred from conduct
- holding “[a] verbal demand is not the talisman of an intent to steal”; “[s]uch intent may also be inferred from actions or conduct”
- noting that verbal demand for property is unnecessary to prove intent to steal
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Judges: Roberts
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46 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-04-05· cited 713×
- Drew v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-09-30· cited 420×
- Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-09-17· cited 74×
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-04-25· cited 71×
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-07-19· cited 68×
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas· 2016-06-16· cited 57×
- Scott v. StateTex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1996-09-18· cited 55×
- Nored v. StateTex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1994-03-14· cited 52×
- Woodberry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-03-09· cited 39×
- Chastain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas· 1984-02-01· cited 25×
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-23· cited 25×
- Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-05-31· cited 17×
- Garza v. StateTex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1996-11-27· cited 16×
- King v. StateTex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-02-08· cited 13×
- Wells v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-02-14· cited 13×
- Taylor v. StateTex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1993-06-24· cited 13×
- Rushing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-06-10· cited 11×
- Stephen Noah Dawkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas· 2016-08-09· cited 10×
- Banks v. StateTex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1982-10-27· cited 9×
- Ludwig v. StateTex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1982-07-29· cited 8×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Earl v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-09· cited 86×
- Banks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-09-16· cited 64×
- Watts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-12-11· cited 33×
- Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-04-14· cited 32×
- Gerzin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-12-10· cited 19×
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