Clark v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
RAMSEY, Judge.
Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Parker County, charged with the murder of Homer White. He was on to wit, November 18, 1908, convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of seven years.
That he shot White and killed him in Weatherford about the 4th day of February, 1908, is not denied. He rests his defense on the ground of self-defense, and the case involves some question of his right to resist an unlawful arrest, and an arrest undertaken by means and force not reasonably necessary for that…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. CainWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
- Pratt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Bateson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Croomes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Lockhart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
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3Cited by34 opinions
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