Legal Opinion
Singleton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 22, 1961No. 33132Published
1Opinion of the Court
346 S.W.2d 328 (1961)
Joe Cephas SINGLETON, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 33132.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 22, 1961.
Rehearing Denied April 26, 1961.
Jones & Willard, Theodore R. Johns and Elmo R. Willard, III, Beaumont, for appellant.
Ramie H. Griffin, Crim. Dist. Atty., Jim Vollers, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is rape; the punishment, death.
It was established by appellant's confession, the testimony of the prosecutrix, and the presence of his fingerprints on a venetian blind…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Williams v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- People ex rel. Hirschberg v. CloseNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Kessler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Benson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
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