Legal Opinion

Love and McDonald v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 23, 1909No. 5PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellants were convicted of burglary and their punishment each assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The evidence in this case is insufficient to support the judgment of conviction. There is no positive identification, as we read the record, of the goods alleged to have been taken out of the burglarized house. This in substance is all the testimony that goes to connect appellants with the burglary of the house. They were seen in or near the house a short while before in the town of San Angelo, but various other parties were evidently in or near said house about…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
  2. Herndon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. CrawfordUtah Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Reyes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938

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