Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 25, 1975No. 49459PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*512OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with malice wherein the jury assessed appellant’s punishment at 100 years’ confinement.

The evidence showed that appellant and five others, two other men and three women, were at the Vest Arco Station in Joshua at 6:45 p.m. on January 26, 1973. Appellant’s companions left the station and waited in their car about 150 yards down the highway while appellant and one other companion robbed the station attendant. In the process, the evidence showed, appellant shot and killed the attendant and wounded a customer present at the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Frison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. United States v. George BroadwayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. Alvarez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Nethery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Carrillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977

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