Villarriel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Burglary is the offense; the punishment, two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.
The front plate glass window of a hardware store in the city of San Marcos was smashed and some knives were taken from the display therein.
By his written confession, appellant admitted committing the crime.
Appellant, twenty years of age at the time, did not testify.
He filed an application for a suspended sentence and supported it by the testimony of his sister that he had never before been convicted of a felony in this or any other state.
The sister also attested appellant’s good reputation for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
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