Legal Opinion

Chinn v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 19, 1944No. 22728PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged with the theft of eight pillow cases. He entered a plea of guilty before the court and was fined $25.00 and sentenced to confinement in jail for one day.

The record is before us upon one bill of exception which presents a most unusual situation.

A plea of guilty properly accepted generally carries with it an admission of the presence of criminative facts which constistute the offense charged. See Bennett v. State, 98 Tex. Cr. R. 661, 267 S. W. 987, and cases therein cited. On the other hand, the bill of exception certifies that appellant was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dowd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  2. Dailey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  3. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  4. Winfrey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  5. Barton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Palmer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950

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