Weedon v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, ten (10) years.
The sufficiency of the evidence both to support the conviction and to show malice is challenged by grounds of error twelve and thirteen.
The State’s evidence consisted primarily in what was found at the scene of this double murder, as analyzed and explained by expert witnesses and the declarations made by appellant to the officers who arrived in answer to a call.
According to Officer Singleton appellant told him “that he had shot and killed George McGann, possibly with both guns.”
The bodies of both George…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Terry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Lanham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Fields v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
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