Lewis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Ellis County; P. L. Hawkins, Judge. Ike Lewis was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPrendergast, J.
Appellant was convicted of murder, and assessed the lowest punishment.
The sole question is whether or not the court erred in refusing a new trial on the grounds of claimed newly discovered testimony. This claimed newly discovered testimony was that of Officer G. T. Miller to the *1092effect that he was present at the examining trial of appellant and heard the wife of deceased testify therein; that upon being asked where her two grandsons- were when the shooting started, she replied that they were in the room where she was, and that when the shooting started they both ran out of the back door into…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Gray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Halliburton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Ethridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
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- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955