Legal Opinion

Hollman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 25, 1920No. 5655Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON REHEARING.

June 25, 1920.

LATTIMORE, Judge.

There are no new questions raised by appellant in his motion for rehearing. He again insists that we should not have sustained the action of the trial court in charging on provoking the difficulty. We reviewed these matters rather fully in our former opinion, and see no reason to change, our conclusion. We think it is apparent from a review of the facts in the case, that the State was justified in asking that a charge be given presenting the right of imperfect self-defense. There is no question but that a short time before the fatal difficulty,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Tate v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
  2. Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  3. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904

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