Legal Opinion
Gibson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 11, 1974No. 48849PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DALLY, Commissioner.
This appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of rape; punishment was assessed by a jury at death but was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Preston Smith on September 14, 1972. Counsel for the appellant originally filed a brief reciting that he could find no grounds of error and that the appeal was frivolous and without merit. A supplemental brief was filed later, citing one possible ground of error and asserting there were no others.
The appellant was convicted as one of the participants in the brutal rape of a high school girl. He was positively…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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