Legal Opinion

Raven v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 13, 1946No. 23288PublishedCited by 15 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a five year sentence on a charge of burglary.

There is no question about the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. The appellant plead not guilty and was tried before a jury, without being represented by an attorney. After his conviction counsel was employed and he presented a motion for a new trial, the record of which is before us.

The indictment in the case charges that appellant burglarized a building belonging to Gale Zoder. Apparently the correct name is Gale Zoda and the court, in his charge to the jury, so submitted it. What took…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. Smith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1988
  3. Hale v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  4. Lott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  5. Sanders v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983

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