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7 Texas opinions name it 2 courts 1982–2015 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Hardesty v. Stategreen2 sentences1988A permissible inference is a “deduction from facts which a fact finder may draw from the circumstances of the case without the aid of any rule of law, but it is not obliged to do so." Hardesty, 656 S.W.2d at 76. 1987As the Court explained through Judge Miller in Hardesty v. State, 656 S.W.2d 73 (Tex.Crim.App.1983), concerning another so-called “presumption” (the “presumption” of theft arising from unexplained possession of recently stolen property), this is only a “permissible inference,” i.e., a deduction from the proven facts that the fact-finder may draw from the circumstances of the case without the aid of any rule of law, but which it is not obligated to so draw. | 2 | 4 |
Mauldin v. Stategreen1 sentence2015A true presumption is a rule of law laid down by the courts which attaches to facts certain procedural consequences, such as the shift in the burden of evidence production: when fact A is established, the fact finder must find fact B, unless the opponent introduces evidence from which the fact finder could reasonably find that B did not exist.46 Distantly related is the term “permissible inference” which is a deduction from the facts which the fact finder may draw from the circumstances of the case without the aid of any rule of law, but is not obligated to do so.47 To find that burglary has b | 1 | 1 |
Solis v. Stategreen1 sentence2015App. 1982); Solis v. State, 589 S.W.2d 444, 446 (Tex. Crim. | 1 | 1 |
Turner v. United Statesyellow2 sentences1983Id.; see generally also Turner v. United States, 396 U.S. 398 , 90 S.Ct. 642 , 24 L.Ed.2d 610 (1970). 1983Id.; see generally also Turner v. United States, 396 U.S. 398 , 90 S.Ct. 642 , 24 L.Ed.2d 610 (1970). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Griffin v. State
green
2 sentences1982Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); Griffin v. State, 614 S.W.2d 155 (Tex.Cr.App.1981). 1982Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); Griffin v. State, 614 S.W.2d 155 (Tex.Cr.App.1981). | 1 | 1982–1982 |
Jackson v. Virginia
red
2 sentences1982Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); Griffin v. State, 614 S.W.2d 155 (Tex.Cr.App.1981). 1982Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); Griffin v. State, 614 S.W.2d 155 (Tex.Cr.App.1981). | 1 | 1982–1982 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.