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CHAPTER 21

POSTTRIAL ISSUES

§21:10 REASONABLE DOUBT

§21:20 SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE

§21:20.1 Legal Suff‌iciency

§21:20.2 Factual Suff‌iciency

§21:20.3 Evidence in Suff‌iciency Review

§21:20.4 Aff‌irmative Link Analysis

§21:20.5 Suff‌iciency in Drug Cases

§21:20.6 Suff‌iciency in DWI Cases

§21:20.7 Suff‌iciency of Serious Bodily Injury Evidence

§21:20.8 Idem Sonans

§21:20.9 Variance

§21:20.9.1 No Fatal Variance

§21:20.9.2 Fatal Variance

§21:20.10 Suff‌iciency In Criminally Negligent Homicide Cases

§21:20.11 Suff‌iciency In Murder Cases

§21:20.12 Suff‌iciency in Theft Cases

§21:20.13 Suff‌iciency In Tampering Cases

§21:20.14 Suff‌iciency in Family Violence Cases

§21:20.15 The Corpus Delecti Rule

§21:30 [RESERVED]

§21:40 NEW TRIALS

§21:40.1 General Points

§21:40.2 Grounds for New Trial

§21:40.3 Filing the Motion

§21:40.4 Presenting the Motion

§21:40.5 Right to Hearing

§21:40.6 The Hearing

§21:40.7 Review on Appeal

§21:50 APPEALS

§21:50.1 Statutory Law

§21:50.2 Case Law

§21:50.3 Appeal Waivers

§21:50.4 Standards of Appellate Review

§21:50.4.1 Non-constitutional Error

§21:51 Forms for Appeals

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§21:60 STATE’S APPEALS

§21:70 HABEAS CORPUS

§21:71 Jurisdiction

§21:72 Post-Conviction Relief

§21:72.1 Final Convictions (Non-Death Penalty)

§21:72.2 Community Super vision Cases

§21:72.3 Writs Based on Scientif‌ic Evidence

§21:72.3.1 Statutor y Law

§21:72.3.2 Case Law

§21:73 Requisites of Petition

§21:74 Burden of Proof

§21:74.1 Grounds

§21:74.2 Laches

§21:75 Procedure

§21:76 Procedure After Refusal of Writ

§21:77 Procedure After Granting of Writ and Refusal of Relief

§21:78 Time Credits

§21:78.1 Applicable Statutes

§21:79 Mandamus

§21:80 POSTCONVICTION DNA TESTING

§21:90 CORRECTING JUDGMENTS

§21:100 COURT COSTS AND FEE ISSUES

§21:101 Statutory Law

§21:102 Case Law

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§21:10 REASONABLE DOUBT



ρεθυιρεδ υνδερ Γεεσα ϖ. Στατε, 820 Σ.Ω.2δ 154 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 1991), ανδ ιν φαχτ, τηε βεττερ πραχτιχε ισ το νοτ

γιϖε τηε ινστρυχτιον. Παυλσον ϖ. Στατε, 28 Σ.Ω.3δ 570 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 2000).

§21:20 SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE

§21:20.1 Legal Suff‌iciency

Τηε προπερ στανδαρδ οφ ρεϖιεω φορ α χουρτ το υτιλιζε ιν δετερµινινγ ωηετηερ τηε εϖιδενχε πρεσεντεδ ισ λεγαλλψ

−



ϑαχκσον ϖ. ςιργινια, 443 Υ.Σ. 307, 99 Σ.Χτ. 2781, 61 Λ.Εδ.2δ 560 (1970).

   

Φυλλερ ϖ. Στατε, 73 Σ.Ω.3δ 250 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 2002).





ινδιχτµεντ, δοεσ νοτ υννεχεσσαριλψ ινχρεασε τηε στατεσ βυρδεν οφ προοφ ορ υννεχεσσαριλψ ρεστριχτ τηε στατεσ τηεοριεσ

Μαλικ ϖ. Στατε, 953

Σ.Ω.2δ 239 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 1997); Βλανχο ϖ. Στατε, 962 Σ.Ω.2δ 46 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 1998).

   

−

µεντ; (3) δοεσ νοτ υννεχεσσαριλψ ινχρεασε τηε Στατεσ βυρδεν οφ προοφ ορ υννεχεσσαριλψ ρεστριχτ τηε Στατεσ τηεοριεσ



χορρεχτ ϕυρψ χηαργε δοεσ νοτ ηαϖε το ινχλυδε αλλ οφ τηε χηαργινγ ινστρυµεντσ αλλεγατιονσ. Ραµοσ ϖ. Στατε, 407 Σ.Ω.3δ

265, 269 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 2013).





Γολλιηαρ ϖ. Στατε, 46 Σ.Ω.3δ 243 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 2001).



   Φυλλερ (α σλιγητ ϖαριανχε βετωεεν τηε

ινδιχτµεντ ανδ προοφ οφ τηε χοµπλαιναντσ ναµε ισ νοτ α µατεριαλ ϖαριανχε).

Αφτερ τηε 1985 λεγισλατιϖε αβολιτιον οφ τηε φυνδαµενταλ ερρορ δοχτρινε ιν ινδιχτµεντ λαω, τηε µατεριαλιτψ οφ δεφεχτσ

ιν ινδιχτµεντσ ανδ ϕυρψ χηαργεσ ηασ βεεν αναλψζεδ βψ λοοκινγ το τηε εσσεντιαλ ελεµεντσ οφ τηε παρτιχυλαρ χριµιναλ



   Βψρδ ϖ. Στατε, 336

Σ.Ω.3δ 242 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 2011).

Ιν α τηεφτ χασε, α ϖαριανχε βετωεεν τηε αλλεγατιον οφ τηε ινϕυρεδ παρτψ ιν τηε ινδιχτµεντ (Μικε Μοραλεσ) ανδ

προοφ ωηιχη σηοωεδ ανοτηερ ινϕυρεδ παρτψ (Ωαλ−Μαρτ) ισ α µατεριαλ ϖαριανχε βεχαυσε τηε αλλεγατιον οφ τηε ινϕυρεδ

παρτψ ισ αν εσσεντιαλ ελεµεντ οφ τηε χηαργε. Ιτ ισ τηε ιδεντιτψ οφ τηε περσον, νοτ ηισ φορµαλ ναµε, τηατ χοντρολσ ανδ

Βψρδ.

Προοφ οφ α ηιγηερ δεγρεε οφ χυλπαβιλιτψ τηαν τηατ χηαργεδ χονστιτυτεσ προοφ οφ τηε λεσσερ δεγρεε οφ χυλπαβιλιτψ

χηαργεδ. Ωασψλινα ϖ. Στατε 

χριµιναλ νεγλιγενχε).

   

−

γατιον µυστ βε προϖεδ βεψονδ α ρεασοναβλε δουβτ. Γειχκ ϖ. Στατε, 349 Σ.Ω.3δ 542, 548 (Τεξ. Χριµ. Αππ. 2011)

(ωηερε τηε Στατε υννεχεσσαριλψ πλεδ τηατ τηε τηεφτ ωασ βψ δεχεπτιον βυτ προϖιδεδ νο προοφ οφ δεχεπτιον).

−







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