Legal Opinion

Parker v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 29, 1970No. 42778PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 10 years.

This is the same appellant who was before this Court in a habeas corpus proceeding in Ex parte Parker, Tex.Cr.App., 370 S.W.2d 882. After the rendition of such opinion, appellant was committed to the State Hospital for the Mentally Ill at Rusk, Texas, and some six years later the authorities at Rusk found that he had regained his sanity. He was returned to Fort Worth where a jury found him sane and capable of assisting his counsel in his defense. This trial followed.

It is contended that the evidence is insufficient to…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. United States v. William BentvenaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  3. Ysasaga v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. United States v. Raymond LlanesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
  5. Ramirez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. J. Loyd Parker, Jr. v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  3. Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Gorman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Ex Parte ParkerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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