Legal Opinion

Duke v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 17, 1959No. 30797PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault upon a peace officer; the punishment, a fine of $350.00.

Officer Hawkins of the Corpus Christi police testified that on the night in question he went in uniform and in a marked police automobile to a certain address in the city to investigate a disturbance and there saw the appellant, armed with a pistol, standing in front of his father’s home, and two men, whom he identified as police officers, each crouched behind vehicles parked in the driveway; that the appellant hollered to someone in the house and said, “Call Mitchell, these god…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Deaton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Wells v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Thomas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1993
  4. Medrano v. AlleeDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1972
  5. George v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974

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