Eddie Maxcie Houston, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court denied appellant’s motion for rehearing on his petition for discretionary review, holding that the appropriate standard of appellate review for circumstantial evidence cases is the same as for direct evidence: whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court rejected the appellant’s request that the review be conducted in light of the presumption of innocence.