Legal Opinion

Means v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 22, 1968No. 41181PublishedCited by 117 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Murder with Malice; the punishment, assessed by the jury, ninety-nine (99) years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant raises three grounds of error: (1) Insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction; (2) Nondisclosure by the State of favorable evidence to the defense; and (3) Improper jury argument.

The State’s case rested solely upon circumstantial evidence as there was no eye witness to the brutal crime which appellant was charged with perpetrating.

The record reflects that appellant, twenty-three, met the deceased Sylvia…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Giles v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Pyle v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by117 opinions

  1. Losada v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Quinones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  5. Luck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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