Legal Opinion

Lacefield v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 15, 1967No. 40161PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Burglary of a Private Residence at Night with Intent to Commit Theft; the punishment, 50 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The trial concluded on December 14, 1965. Notice of appeal was given on March 7, 1966.

Jo Moree, age 20, testified that she retired at approximately midnight on August 11, 1965; that she screamed when she awakened, several hours later, to find someone in her bedroom; that she was slugged in the chest and later discovered that she was stabbed in her chest and in her arm. She related that her bedroom was dark at the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Clarence D. Rogers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  4. Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  5. Clarence Collins v. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Jurek v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  2. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. State v. MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
  4. Simmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. De Leon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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