Legal Opinion

Everhart v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 18, 1950No. 24612PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the killing with malice of Brady Johnson, and by the jury assessed a term of life in the penitentiary, and he appeals.

From the facts it appears that appellant and several friends, together with the deceased and his wife, were engaged in drinking both whisky and wine during the evening of the homicide. They finally came to Jack Green’s rooms on Swiss Avenue in *292Dallas. This place consisted of two rooms and a bath over a garage. The drinking continued, and the wife of the deceased, while fully clothed, became so drunk that she was placed on a bed in such…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gassett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. Gassett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Matthis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962

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