Legal Opinion · Dissent

Kelly v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 3, 1972No. 44791Published

1DissentOnion, Presiding Judge

As noted in the majority opinion, the revocation of probation proceedings against this appellant and against Jerry Dean Mitchell were held at the same time. At the conclusion thereof, the trial judge stated:

“Well, of course, you fellows have done a good job. I will have to say that. I am like King Agrippa when he said, ‘Paul, thou almost persuadest me.’ But we do have a case that the State has brought evidence on and it isn’t beyond a reasonable doubt admittedly and I don’t have the wisdom and knowledge to know who is telling the truth and who isn’t. I certainly don’t get any pleasure out of…

2Cases cited73 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

68 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API