Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Glenny

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 26, 1925No. 9466PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

Relator was charged by complaint with murder. That he shot' and killed his son, a young man about twenty-one years of age, was shown without question.

While in the house occupied by the deceased and his mother, the divorced wife or the relator, he took part in a controversy over the ownership of some community property. Relator left the house and was followed by the deceased who had a pistol in his hand. The relator went to his automobile about fifty feet distant and took therefrom a gun with which he shot the deceased. No witnesses saw the act of the shooting. The…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte TownsleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. Ex parte BurtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. Moffatt v. LinkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1921
  4. Ex Parte HarrisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  5. Hale v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ex parte BowlesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. Ex Parte KennedyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
  3. Ex Parte J. R. HillCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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