Clayton v. State
- Decided
- October 10, 2007
- Docket
- PD-1311-05
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
Cited 4,127 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that review of “all of the evidence” includes evidence that was properly and improperly admitted — Francisco Javier Sanchez v. State (2014)
- recognizing that prints can provide an additional, incremental piece of circumstantial evidence of one's guilt — Elizabeth Smith v. State (2009)
- recognizing that court’s legal sufficiency “review of ‘all of the evidence’ includes evidence that was properly and improperly admitted” — Newt Justine Porter v. the State of Texas (2026)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
OPINION KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
A jury found Leviyas Jamail Clayton guilty of the murder of James Playonero. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals held that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. [1]
We disagree and reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.
Cite this
Clayton v. State, 235 S.W.3d 772 (2007)Read the full opinion
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