Legal Opinion
Henley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 20, 1978No. 53561-53566PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PHILLIPS, Judge.
The following opinion was largely the work of the late Honorable Howard P. Green, Commissioner of the Court of Criminal Appeals.
In a single trial before a jury appellant was convicted for murder with malice in six cases. See Articles 1256 and 1257(b), V.A. P.C., 1925. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 99 years in each of the six causes. The court ordered that the sentences run consecutively.
In grounds of error two and three appellant contends the trial court erred in overruling his motion for change of venue without affording him a pretrial evidentiary hearing in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Groppi v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by76 opinions
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