Peterson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that to constitute theft, intent to deprive owner must exist at time property is taken
• holding that when “money . . . was voluntarily given to appellant pursuant to a contractual agreement, [and] there is insufficient evidence in the record to show the money was obtained by deception, the conviction cannot stand”
• holding evidence legally insufficient to show criminal intent to commit theft when evidence showed that Peterson failed to complete construction of project that was 95% complete
• “Relevant intent to deprive the owner of property is the accused’s intent at the time of the taking.”
• “Relevant intent to deprive the owner of property is the accused’s intent at the time of the taking.”
• to constitute theft, intent to deprive owner must exist at time property is taken

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-06-22· cited 232×
• Daugherty, Tonya Jean
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-01-09· cited 202×
• Wirth v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-03-21· cited 94×
• Christensen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-12-05· cited 90×
• Thomason v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-12-21· cited 84×
• Baker v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1998-12-30· cited 72×
• Jacobs v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-07-27· cited 62×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-02-01· cited 48×
• Taylor, Henry Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-12-10· cited 36×
• Ellis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-05-12· cited 32×
• Roper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-02-21· cited 30×
• Miller v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1987-02-13· cited 23×
• McElroy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1984-01-23· cited 14×
• Wirth v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-10-20· cited 11×
• Mattiza v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-21· cited 8×
• State v. Neal
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1984-10-10· cited 7×
• Henke v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1987-04-16· cited 6×
• Mendoza v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-05-02· cited 6×
• Wirth v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2011-06-03· cited 3×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-04-05· cited 3×