Legal Opinion

Devereaux v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 29, 1971No. 43953Published

1Opinion of the Court

473 S.W.2d 525 (1971)

John Sylvia DEVEREAUX, Alias John Sylvia Mitchell, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 43953.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 29, 1971.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1971.

Second Rehearing Denied December 21, 1971.

Bill Wilder, James B. Porter, Henderson, for appellant.

Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, twelve (12) years.

Appellant's first ground of error is the failure of the Court to grant her application for change of venue. It appears that the motion for change of venue was…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  3. Devereaux v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  4. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  5. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897

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