Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 5, 1946No. 23372PublishedCited by 8 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the murder, with malice, of John Perrault, and by the jury awarded the punishment of death, hence this appeal.

It is shown that appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Gonzales County on January 29, 1946, in' which indictment it-was alleged that he killed with his malice one John Perrault. On January 31st thereafter appellant’s relatives employed an attorney to conduct his defense, and this cause proceeded to trial on February 4, 1946, with the above noted result.

Appellant’s attorney filed a motion for a continuance on such 4th day of February,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Arcos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  2. McKee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  4. Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Bruce Edwin Callins v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Dickson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  4. January v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1984
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959

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