Legal Opinion

Olliff v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 9, 1954No. 27011Published

1Opinion of the Court

276 S.W.2d 839 (1954)

W. M. OLLIFF, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27011.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 9, 1954.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1954.

Writ of Certiorari Denied April 4, 1955.

Scarborough, Yates, Scarborough & Black, By Dallas Scarborough, Abilene, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Writ of Certiorari Denied April 4, 1955. See 75 S.Ct. 571.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for murder, the punishment fifteen years in the penitentiary.

Appellant, a 52 year old operator of a trailer camp in Midland, admittedly shot with a pistol and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Maples v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  3. Parroccini v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  4. Henson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  5. Olliff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954

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