Legal Opinion

Sheltman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 14, 1948No. 23982Published

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for burglary with a sentence of two years in the penitentiary. The indictment charges the burglary in Titus County, Texas; on the 16th day of April, 1947, of a house belonging to Dan Mitchell.

It appears certain that appellant lived in Greenville, as did Edgar McGuffey, and that on said date he was in Mt. Pleasant. According to the testimony of Edgar McGuffey, whose admission makes him an accomplice as a matter of law, he met up with Grady Smith, who lived in Leonard, and the appellant in the City of Greenville on the afternoon of April 16th and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. O'Connor v. VineyardTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Weatherred v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  4. Randall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
  5. Willard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

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