Court Opinion

ID: 9763696
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:52:40.39939+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:48.491322
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DIES, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
With respect I dissent. I believe the State proved its case circumstantially. Hooker v. State, 621 S.W.2d 597 (Tex.Cr. App.1980) holds (at 601):
“In a circumstantial evidence case, the State need not present evidence excluding every conceivable hypothesis except that of defendant’s guilt, it need only present evidence excluding every reasonable hypothesis.” (Citing authorities)
Patsfield testified, “We took a left off Bluebonnet . .. that’s when they started shooting.” Hale was understandably down in the car, and the driver, Patsfield, ducking “down in the seat because I didn’t want to get shot.” At the time the two heard the shots, it is uncontroverted appellant was the only one leaning out of the car, and he was pointing his arm towards the Patsfield car.