Legal Opinion

Richardson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 7, 1923No. 7293PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Van Zandt. Tried below before the Honorable Joel R.„ Bond. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, thirty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Opinion state's the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant ivas convicted in the District Court of Van Zandt County of murder, and his punishment fixed at thirty years in the penitentiary.

Serious complaint is made of the refusal of appellant’s request that the jury be retired while the aged mother of appellant and de- . ceased, a witness for the State, was being assisted to and from the witness stand, during the trial of this ease. The matter is made the subject of a bill of exceptions in which it is made to appear that said witness was aged and infirm and that it was apparently necessary that she be assisted to and from…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Richardson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  2. Sims v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
  3. Canon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Jirou v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Arnwine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Meeks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
  2. Chappell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. State v. CooperMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. Pollard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  5. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929

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