Legal Opinion

Costilla v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 24, 1959No. 30804PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, 3 days in jail and a fine of $100.

The record contains no statement of facts.

There is one bill of exception. It complains of a remark of the attorney for the State in argument to the jury, objected to on the ground that it was a direct reference to the failure of the defendant to testify.

In the absence of a statement of facts we are not prepared to hold that the remark to the effect that the evidence introduced “is uncontroverted and undenied” was a direct reference to appellant’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Byers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bass v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Bass v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968

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