Bibb v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was awarded a life sentence for murder. The case is a little peculiar in that appellant introduced no evidence. The entire record is made upon the State’s theory. The killing occurred, under the State’s evidence, on account of the familiarity of the deceased, Stokes, with appellant’s wife. This evidence was introduced by the State, and then sought to be evaded by .reason of the fact, or by evidence to that effect, that appellant’s wife had been criminally intimate with other men prior to this relation with Stokes, and had prior to this particular occasion…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
- Gross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Melton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Gant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Bibb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
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