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556 S.W.2d 567

20 Tex.Sup.Ct.J. 510

Powers v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided September 27, 1977

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1977-09-27

Relies on State v. Turner · Powers v. State

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Decided 1977-09-27

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Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently September 2012 · most notably Jones v. Kelley (1981), Westland Oil Development Corp. v. Gulf Oil Corp. (1982)

4 federal appellate · 23 state decisions

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DENTON, Justice.

¶1This is a companion case to our Cause No. B-6463, State of Texas v. Turner, decided this date, 556 S.W.2d 563. The cases were submitted and argued together in this Court.

¶2The trial court charged the jury to find from a preponderance of the evidence the statutory prerequisites of civil commitment. The court of civil appeals affirmed the order of commitment entered by the trial court in response to affirmative jury answers. 543 S.W.2d 194.

¶3The question concerning the proper standard of proof required in the case is the same question presented in State v. Turner. The disposition of the question in that case controls the disposition of the question here.

¶4The judgments of the trial court and the court of civil appeals are affirmed,

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