Legal Opinion

Minton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 11, 1956No. 27911PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for murder with malice; the punishment, •twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

No statement of facts accompanies the record.

For a reversal of this case, appellant relies upon two bills of exception and the facts certified therein.

Each bill of exception complains of the closing argument of state’s counsel to the jury as being a reference to the failure of the appellant to testify as a witness.

The argument set forth in Bill of Exception No. 1 is as follows:

“ ‘There is no witness that the State can call who can testify what was in that man’s head, no way we…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Haley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Sanders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  4. Steele v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Nethery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Staley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  3. Koller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Lopez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Henson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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