Legal Opinion
Clark v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 25, 1948No. 23844PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
The offense is murder and the punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for life.
The record reflects that on the night of September 11, 1946, appellant whipped his five-year-old step-son inflicting severe injuries upon his person from the effects of which he died on the afternoon of the next day.
Appellant brings forward thirty-six bills of exception upon which he relies for a reversal of the judgment of conviction. By Bill of Exception No. 1 he complains of the action of the trial court in declining to sustain his motion to quash the indictment, based on…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bookman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
- Forest v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Millican v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Betts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Edward Anthony Ellis v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Corbett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- State v. TornquistSupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
- Depauw v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1983
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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