Legal Opinion
Parks v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 19, 1969No. 41837PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Judge.
The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, assessed by the jury, life.
The undisputed evidence shows that one Isaac Walter August was shot and killed during an attempted armed robbery of the Denver Harbor Liquor Store on Lyons Avenue in the City of Houston on November 12, 1966, at approximately 7:30 p. m. The autopsy established that he had been shot three times by a .22 caliber gun.
Pearl Toon testified that said date was her first day at work at the Denver Harbor Liquor Store. At approximately 7:30 p. m. she heard her employer, Isaac August, say: “No, no, don’t do…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Todd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Hinkle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Parr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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