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Carson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 19, 1921No. 6139PublishedCited by 9 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for aggravated assault; punishment fixed at a fine of $250 and confinement of thirty days in jail.

The appellant, Roy Carson, and his brother, Ray Carson, were young men around twenty years of age. Averill, the injured party, was a man something over thirty years of age. The appellant shot Averill and wounded him. The shots were fired while the appellant, his brother Ray and Averill were on the street in front of the place of business of the appellant. Averill was a man of much greater strength than either the appellant or his brother, and bore the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Medford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Cotton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Voight v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Waldon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2003
  2. Eckhardt v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1952
  3. Lujan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. El Paso Electric Co. v. CannonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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