Legal Opinion

Goforth v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 21, 1925No. 8540PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

The conviction is for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, punishment being one year in the penitentiary.

There is no merit in the contention that the indictment should have been quashed because the State law is in conflict with the Federal Constitution and Acts of Congress. Ex parte Gilmore, 88 Texas Crim. Rep., 529, 228 S. W. Rep., 199. The same question has been decided some thirty or more times by this court following Gilmore’s case, and by the Supreme Court of the United States in Chandler v. State of Texas, reported in 67 Law. Ed., 475; also in Vigliotti v. Pennsylvania, 258…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. LanzaSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Vigliotti v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. Ex Parte GilmoreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Brodus v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  4. Knott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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