Legal Opinion

Broussard v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 11, 1959No. 31,036Published

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, seven years.

The state’s evidence reveals that appellant’s automobile was used in three robberies on the night in question, the last one of which culminated in the death of the victim of the robbery, and that appellant was present in the automobile during the entire time. One Allen O’Neal carried the gun and fired the fatal shot. The appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to show that he was a principal to the murder. The state relied upon the following evidence:

Jessie Bartee testified that as the parties were…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mayfield v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1887
  2. Leedy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929

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