Legal Opinion
Bennett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 19, 1969No. 42270PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.
The offense is burglary; the punishment, 8 years.
The indictment alleged that appellant and Joe Bob Bennett (his brother), did on or about September 19, 1966, in Moore County, Texas, burglarize a cafe owned and operated by Mrs. Anitta Boswell. A motion for severance was granted and the two defendants were tried separately. Convictions at a prior joint trial were reversed by this court in Bennett v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 422 S.W.2d 438.
The evidence shows that the cafe was burglarized between the hours of 6:00 P. M. September 19th and 8:00 A.M. September 20th. Entry…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Weeks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Bedell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Graham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Thomas Harry Durkin v. Jack F. Davis, Director, Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Dickson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- DeVoyle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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