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Rodriguez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 17, 1974No. 46969PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

This conviction was for murder with malice; the punishment, assessed by the jury, was five (5) years.

Shortly before midnight on New Year’s Day of 1970, a fight started in the 820 Bar in the 5400 block of the Mansfield Highway in Tarrant County. Various witnesses estimated there were possibly twenty to thiry persons inside the premises when the fight started. Many persons were injured in the course of the fight which involved stabbings, shootings, broken bottles, wrenches, pool cues and other objects.

The State’s evidence showed that the fight started when a…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Quinones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Granviel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Brem v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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