Legal Opinion

Lewis v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 14, 1900No. 2245PublishedCited by 6 opinions

There is no statement of facts in the record. The motions to quash the indictment and the special venire are fully shown in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at thirty years confinement in the penitentiary. There is no statement of facts in the record, and appellant appears to rest his case entirely on the action of the court on his motion to quash the indictment and on his motion to quash the special venire. Appellant assigns several grounds for quashing the indictment, but we deem it necessary only to discuss that portion of the motion which attempts to raise a Federal question, as the others do not appear to us to be of a material character.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Carter v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. WarnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  2. Hubbard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1902
  3. Stephens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916
  4. Beasley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
  5. Beasley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942

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