Legal Opinion

Tibbs v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 11, 1961No. 32,599PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for negligent homicide in the first degree; the punishment, nine months in jail.

The information alleged that the appelant, while lawfully *425operating an automobile, was negligent in several respects and further alleged that while so operating the automobile he drove it “into and against the said Gary Wilks” thereby inflicting serious bodily injury resulting in the death of said Gary Wilks.

It is undisputed that the automobile appellant was driving east on the south side of an east-west expressway struck the south curb, then travelled to the left striking a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  2. Fannin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ortiz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Hancock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  3. Shawn L. Keck v. E.G. Meek, Sr.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2018

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