Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 29, 1941No. 21698Published

1Opinion

ON state’s motion for rehearing.

GRAVES, Judge.

The State has filed a motion for rehearing, insisting that we erred in reversing this case because of the trial court’s refusal to receive in evidence the letter purported to have been written by the deceased to appellant’s wife while she was at Vernon.

It is contended that the bills of exception upon this subject fail to reflect that the proper predicate to authorize the introduction of the letter was made, in that there was no evidence that the purported letter was written by, or was in the handwriting of, the deceased, and that, if the proper…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McAnear v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1902
  2. Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940

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