Legal Opinion

Martinez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 17, 1939No. 20163Published

1Opinion

*173ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

The first point urged in appellant’s motion for rehearing is that bill of exception number four reflects error in permitting proof to be made by the officers who arrested appellant on the night of October 11, 1936, that appellant was at the time of his arrest armed with a double-action 45 Colt’s pistol fully loaded, the objection to such evidence being that it tended to show appellant was guilty of another crime other than the one for which he was on trial, and that the pistol which appellant had was not shown to be the instrument with which…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. McLaughlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  2. Wagner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  3. Wynne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  4. Stanchel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  5. Cabrera v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909

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