Legal Opinion

Littlefield v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 25, 1959No. 30,442PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is negligent homicide in the second degree; the punishment, 3 years in jail.

The appellant was a repairman for a music machine company, went on a “change call,” and did not return in time for supper; his wife went in search for him; when she found him he was seated in a beer establishment drinking a soft drink, *444and she slapped the same from his hands. Without a word the appellant went to his pickup truck and drove away. He hit the back of an automobile at an adjacent place of business and, without stopping, proceeded approximately four miles to where the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Parroccini v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Salazar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
  3. Sims v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  4. Redding v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  5. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Canada v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  2. Chaney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. Christopher Jaroszewicz v. Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
  4. Texas Department of Public Safety v. Louis Leroy Kuhn, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2015

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