Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 21, 1956No. 28544PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is rape; the punishment, death.
This is the second trial for the instant offense. The reversal of the prior case was predicated upon the court’s failure to change the venue and is reported in 162 Texas Cr. Rep. 202, 283 S.W. 2d 239. This trial was held in Wharton County on a change of venue from Matagorda County with no protest from the appellant.
*349Mrs. Bruegen testified that the prosecutrix, her 14-year-old cousin, was spending the night in her home on the date charged in the indictment; she awoke at approximately 1:20 A.M. to give her baby its bottle, and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Lyons v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Commonwealth v. SaccoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Parsons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Gray v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Penry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Dunn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Fisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Juan Ruiz Moreno v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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