Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 30, 1927No. 10442PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction of robbery with firearms, punishment fifteen years in the penitentiary.

The statement of facts in this case is very unsatisfactory. There seem to have been a number of defendants, who were jointly indicted herein, present in the court room during the trial, and witness after witness testified and was asked relative to identification, etc. We are constantly confronted with such things as “I cannot say that this boy (indicating) was in the bank.” “It was this one right there (indicating).” “The man who held the pistol on me resembled that man there (indicating) .” “As…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928

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