Cain v. State
- Decided
- December 18, 1997
- Docket
- 1525-96
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
Cited 3,887 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that the weight given to an alcoholic witness’s intoxicated state is a matter solely within the jury’s purview — Joe Angel Lopez v. State (2018)
- holding that the weight to give contradictory testimonial evidence is within the sole province of the jury — Juan Angel Ibarra v. State (2005)
- holding that the weight to give contradictory testimonial evidence is within the sole province of the jury — Tom Bernson D//B/A Bernson Enterprises v. Transit Mix Concrete & Materials Company (2009)
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 ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW MEYERS, Judge, delivered the opinion of the Court in which BAIRD, MANSFIELD, KELLER and HOLLAND, Judges, joined.
Appellant was charged with violating the civil rights of a prisoner. [1] § 39.021(a)(1) Texas Penal Code (Vernon 1993). The jury found Appellant guilty and assessed punishment at ten years’ imprisonment, probated for five years, and a fine of five hundred dollars. As a condition of probation, Appellant was ordered to serve 30 days in the county jail.
The Tyler Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and ordered entry of a judgment of acquittal.
Cite this
Cain v. State, 958 S.W.2d 404 (1997)Read the full opinion
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