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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 541 S.W.2d 185
  • 1976 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1057

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  • 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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