Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 31, 1937No. 18918Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— This motion for rehearing rests solely on the ground that reversible error is to be found in the action of the State’s attorney in asking appellant, — as set out in our original opinion, — if he did not remember a shooting scrape he had with Elwin Corn. We can not agree with appellant that the mere asking of this question should cause a reversal of this case. The jury were promptly instructed not to consider said question for any purpose, and unless the question asked be of such serious import, and the probable result from such asking be of such…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Coon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  2. Elizondo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  3. Bowman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

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