Legal Opinion
Walker v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 9, 1955No. 27390PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, death.
Mrs. Parker was mortally wounded some time between 8:55 and 9 :10 on the night of September 30, 1953, in the vicinity of Love Field in the city of Dallas. The cause of death was a knife wound in her throat which severed her jugular vein. She also received other bruises to her face and body and had been raped. The only question is the identity of the appellant as her assailant. The appellant, a nineteen-year old member of the colored race, was arrested on January 29, 1954, and thereafter made two written confessions in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Stroble v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Gallegos v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
- Childress v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Ferrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
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