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· 10/5/2005

Sorto v. State

Citations

  • 173 S.W.3d 469
  • 2005 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1622
  • 2005 WL 2441343

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  • the verdict of guilt will be upheld if the evidence was sufficient on any one of the theories
  • where jury charge authorizes conviction on alternative theories, verdict of guilt will be upheld if evidence was sufficient on any of theories
  • where intent was in dispute, trial court properly admitted evidence of defendant’s involvement in similar murder as relevant to determination of whether defendant anticipated or intended murders of 5 victims
  • because the trial court's charge authorized the jury to convict on alternative theories, the verdict of guilt will be upheld if the evidence was sufficient on any one of the theories

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cochran, Hervey, Holcomb, Johnson, Keasler, Keller, Meyers, Price, Womack

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