Legal Opinion
Cherry v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 28, 1972No. 44761Published
1Opinion of the Court
488 S.W.2d 744 (1972)
James Walter CHERRY, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 44761.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 28, 1972.
Rehearing Denied December 13, 1972.
Second Rehearing Denied January 24, 1973.
Melvyn Carson Bruder (Court-appointed), Donald D. Koons, Dallas (Court-appointed, on appeal), for appellant.
Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John B. Tolle, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
OPINION
DALLY, Commissioner.
The appellant was convicted for murder; the jury assessed the punishment at death.
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- Abel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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