Legal Opinion · Dissent

Phillips v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 12, 1958No. 29067Published

1DissentDavidson, Judge

Upon the submission of this case it was assigned to the writer herein. I made an examination of the record and prepared and presented to my brethren for approval the opinion hereinafter set out, wherein the judgment of the trial court was ordered reversed.

*211My brethren refused to agree with my opinion and have now adopted the opinion prepared by Presiding Judge Morrison as the majority opinion of the court.

I have decided to file, as my dissent, the opinion which I had prepared, in view of the fact, to me, that the majority opinion does not fully reflect the record as I understand it, especially…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. McLaughlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  2. Willoughby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Soble v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  5. Trollinger v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949

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