Legal Opinion

Montes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 23, 1971No. 44310PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, seven (7) years.

Trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury. Appellant’s first ground of error relates to the admissibility of evidence relating to the finding of the fruits of the burglary in a certain house where appellant was arrested. We look to what admissible evidence was before the court without objection to show that a burglary occurred and that appellant was a party to the breaking.

De Leon and his wife testified that they left their house with the doors securely fastened on the morning in question and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  2. Garrett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  3. Atkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Skelton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  5. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Tolbert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Larocca v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Hattersley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Tolbert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988

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