Legal Opinion

Powell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 31, 1916No. 4106PublishedCited by 7 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of

subornation of false swearing and his punishment assessed at the lowest.

The great preponderance of the testimony was amply sufficient to sustain his conviction. His testimony alone was almost sufficient to do so.

No objections whatever were made to the court’s charge at the time of the trial. In appellant’s motion for a new trial he criticizes it in two or three particulars. None of the complaints present any fundamental error. His objections come too late under the express provisions of the recent laws on that subject and the uniform…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. Castelberry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
  4. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Copeland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940

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