Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 2, 1919No. 5348PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder, the jury assessing his punishment at death.

The facts shown by the record are practically the same as those in the companion case of Tom Banks v. State, No. 5349, this day decided. It is useless to repeat the testimony in this case except the confession or statement of appellant. A bill of exceptions recites that the admission of the voluntary statement of appellant was subject to the objections urged, to-wit: that it was not made as the. law directs that confessions should be made; that it was not the voluntary statement of the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. San Jacinto Life Ins. Co. v. BoydCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926

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