Legal Opinion

Costillo v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 22, 1924No. 8448PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, P. J.

The offense is the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The evidence discloses that the appellant was In possession of equipment for making intoxicating liquor; that he had material from which it was made and some of the finished product in his possession; that he admitted that he had made intoxicating liquor. He made exculpatory declarations to the, effect that it was made for medicinal purposes, and introduced like testimony ol members of his family. The court submitted that issue to the jury in an appropriate charge…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Cruz v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1982
  2. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Woytek v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  5. Sullivan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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