Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 4, 1949No. 24364PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant waived a trial by jury, and entered his plea of guilty to the crime of cattle theft.

The trial court’s order and adjudication upon the plea, as contained in the judgment of conviction, reads as follows:

“it is therefore, considered, ordered and ad judged by the Court that the Defendant, Joe Edwards, is guilty of the offense of Theft of Cattle, as confessed by the Defendant in the Defendant’s plea of guilty herein made to the Court, and that the said Defendant be punished by confinement in the Penitentiary of the State of Texas for a term of not less than Two nor more…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte TraxlerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Nicholson v. BolesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Ex Parte WingfieldCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  3. Ex Parte EastCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
  5. Ex Parte ChurchCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956

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