Garcia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
BERRY, Judge.
The appellant was convicted in the district court of Jefferson county for the offense of murder and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of ten years.
The State’s testimony taken alone is entirely sufficient to show that the appellant is guilty of the offense of murder.
The appellant’s testimony clearly raised the issue of self defense and' entitled the appellant to a charge on that issue as well as a charge on the issue of communicated threats in connection therewith. The question of self-defense and communicated threats were both cogently and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890
- Clevenger v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Goforth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
3Cited by6 opinions
- Gonzales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
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- House v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Lynch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947
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