Legal Opinion
Trippell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 7, 1976No. 51358PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROWN, Commissioner.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of aggravated promotion of prostitution under Y.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 43.04, a third degree felony. The trial court under the provision of V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 12.44, set aside the verdict of guilty of a felony of the third degree and entered a judgment of guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. The trial court assessed punishment at forty (40) days in the Harris County jail and a fine of four hundred ($400) dollars.
On January 7, 1974, a private citizen named James Smith accompanied by a member of the Harris County…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Ochoa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Reese v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Hoffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Wintters v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Austin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
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