Legal Opinion

Blanco v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 7, 1971No. 44001PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, forty (40) years.

In his first four grounds of error, appellant complains that the State was allowed to bolster the testimony of one of its witnesses; that the State was allowed to prove through its own witness that the deceased and appellant were not arguing prior to the fight; that the State was allowed to prove that the proprietor of the bar wherein the shooting took place had never had any trouble with the deceased; and that certain inculpatory statements and acts of appellant were introduced by the State. No…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kerrigan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  2. Cuevas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Sanders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  4. Marshall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Shumake v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Wallace v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Slanker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Mullenix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

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