Legal Opinion

Bussey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 31, 1944No. 22850PublishedCited by 8 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assesed is confinement on the State penitentiary for a term of thirty-five years.

There are two theories presented by the record. That of the State is that appellant deliberately and with a formed design killed his wife, while that of the defendant is that the gun was accidentally discharged as he was trying to tighten up the breech thereof.

Appellant brings forward many bills of exception. Some relate to the action of the court in admitting and excluding evidence, and others relate to the court’s charge. We do not deem it necessary to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Morales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  2. Sparkman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  3. Enix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  4. Deckerd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  5. Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
  3. France v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
  4. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. McElroy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949

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