Legal Opinion

Jarnigan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 29, 1961No. 33208PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is negligent homicide in the first degree; the punishment, six months in jail.

Kenneth Fisk testified that he brought the English Ford in which he had his family to a halt at a stop light in the city of Lubbock, that it was hit from the rear, and that he lost consciousness.

His mother testified that she, her husband, her son and his wife were starting on an Easter vacation when her husband was killed in an automobile accident.

The witness Williamson testified that he was stopped at a stop light when a small foreign automobile came to a halt beside the automobile in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  2. Cave v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  3. Hood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  4. Monroe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Meeks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Vannerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Payne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  5. Bailey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

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