Legal Opinion

Clark v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 21, 1939No. 20383Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the murder of Nettie Washington, and given a penalty of thirty-two years by a jury.

All parties are colored, and we deem the facts to be sufficient without setting them out herein.

There are no bills of exception found in the record save two that are denominated as such by appellant’s attorneys. It appears therefrom that the State’s attorney attempted to argue before the jury the suspended sentence law, and what its effect would be on a verdict in this case, in the same terms as was done in the case of Juan Pena v. State, our No. 20396, decided on June…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. Reid v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  4. Madsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. Claybrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

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