Legal Opinion

Ex parte Burton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 28, 1914No. 3323PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Hemphill County ; F. P. Greever, Judge. J. N. Burton, under a complaint charging him with murder, was remanded to jail without bond on habeas corpus hearing, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHarper, J.

Appellant, under a complaint charging him with murder, was remanded to jail without bond on habeas corpus hearing. The evidence would show that trouble existed because of differences growing out of the relationship of landlord and tenant; ap.pellant being a tenant of deceased. The state’s evidence would support a verdict of *309murder upon express malice, therefore rendering the case nonbailable. But the defendant’s evidence raises the issues of self-defense and imperfect self-defense with such cogency as we think to require the court to submit those issues to the jury, and a court cannot say…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Ex Parte SparksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  2. Ex Parte HarrisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Ex Parte Arthur OttCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Ex Parte John LewellenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  5. Ex Parte GlennyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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