Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 19, 1973No. 47254PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREEN, Commissioner.
Charles M. Butler, appellant, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with theft of property of the value of fifty dollars ($50.00) or over, and waived a jury. The trial Court found him guilty and assessed his punishment at a term of ten (10) years in the Texas Department of Corrections.
Prior to the trial of this cause, on July 12, 1972, the court informed appellant that there was a defective indictment in his case, and that the State had elected to proceed against him on an information provided that appellant knowingly and willingly waived the indictment and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Soto v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Lexington Steve Lamb v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ex Parte PriorCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Cude v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Graves v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Moore v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
- Callaway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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