Legal Opinion
Self v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 18, 1974No. 48622PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DALLY, Commissioner.
The appellant was convicted for the murder of Sharon Shaw; he was sentenced to imprisonment for life. He presents eight grounds of error. In two grounds he urges that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction; in five grounds he urges that reversal of the judgment is required because evidence was erroneously admitted; in one ground he urges that the jury was erroneously instructed.
The appellant contends that the judgment is not supported by sufficient evidence because the State failed to establish the corpus delicti in that it did not show what caused…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- State v. LucasSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
- Kugadt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
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3Cited by115 opinions
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- Freeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
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