Legal Opinion

Boozer v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 31, 1917No. 4598PublishedCited by 7 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Pbesiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder, her punishment being assessed at six years confinement in the penitentiary.

This is a ease purely of circumstantial evidence. . Briefly stated, the facts disclose that deceased and appellant, his wife, lived in their home with two children, a boy and girl about grown. Within about three hundred yards of them lived a family named Forsythe. There was a play at a little church or schoolhouse in the neighborhood a mile or two away on the night of the death of deceased, and the two children of deceased and appellant were attending that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Kirk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
  2. Betts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  3. Tate v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
  4. Fine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
  5. Wilson, Alias Garner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  2. Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  4. Purcell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  5. Rabe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920

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