Legal Opinion

McMorries v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 20, 1955No. 27522Published

1Opinion of the Court

279 S.W.2d 90 (1955)

James McMORRIES, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27522.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 20, 1955.

Scarborough, Yates, Scarborough & Black, by Max Chenoweth, Abilene, for appellant.

Eldon Mahon, Dist. Atty., Colorado City, Elton Gilliland, Dist. Atty., Martin County, Big Spring, R. W. Caton, County Attorney, Martin County, Stanton, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

This conviction is for the offense of felony theft by false pretext; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

The trial was had in Nolan County on a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. Tyler County State BankTexas Commission of Appeals · 1925
  2. Sherman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. First Nat. Bank of GilmerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
  4. Wimer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  5. Bourland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937

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