Palmer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 15 state decisions

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1. “The Texas Penal Code, sec. 1.07 defines ‘another’ as meaning ‘a person other than the actor.’ Thus, the State had the burden of proving that appellant entered and remained on property other than her own. The State has not proved that appellant entered or remained on the property of another, as that term is defined in the Texas Penal Code, because appellant’s undivided interest in the property vested immediately upon the intestate death of her father.... A finding of ‘greater right to possession’ is not sufficient to support a conviction under the criminal trespass statute, as the legislature chose ‘another’ as the operative word, not ‘owner,’ as used in the burglary and theft statutes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Staley

2. “[a] finding of a `greater right of possession' in Karen Jones is not sufficient to support a conviction under the [information] here.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Langston v. State