Legal Opinion

Dunn v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 20, 1895No. 615PublishedCited by 10 opinions

The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

The appellant in this case was tried in the District Court of Tarrant County on an indictment charging him with theft of a horse, and was convicted, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years.

The appellant contends in this case that the ilcorpus delicti” is dependent alone on the confessions of defendant, and that the conviction can not be sustained in such case without other proof. From an inspection of the record, we find from the testimony of the owner that this horse in question was kept in an inclosure with another horse, his…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Musquez v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  2. James Godwin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
  3. Osborne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  4. United States v. MardirosianCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
  5. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899

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