Legal Opinion

Coker v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 13, 1933No. 16162Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant presents only the proposition that his wife, a witness in his behalf on the trial of this cause, was cross-examined by the state in regard to matters foreign to her testimony given in chief. There is no bill of exceptions complaining of this matter. The authorities are uni form in holding that for a supposed error in a procedure like this, to be available to the accused, he must have reserved an exception to the action of the court in permitting same. White v. State, 79 Texas Crim. Rep., 345; Odom v. State, 82 Texas Crim. Rep., 580; Shaw v.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Shaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Odom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  3. Modest v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  4. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916
  5. Withington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

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