Legal Opinion

Knox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 30, 1929No. 12242PublishedCited by 8 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for robbery; punishment, twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The practice of granting new trials when obviously demanded, without the expense and delay of appeal, has been commended by this court. Jordan v. State, 10 Tex. 479; Owens v State, 35 Tex. 361; Turner v. State, 33 Tex. 167; Crow v. State, 33 Texas Crim. Rep. 264.

Eight bills of exception, twenty to twenty-seven inclusive, complain of argument by State’s counsel made to the jury, of each which argument the trial court certifies not only that same was made, but also as follows : “All of which statement or…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Crow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
  2. English v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Jordan v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1853
  4. Venable v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  5. Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  2. State v. LyonsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  5. Jimmie Roach v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2004

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