Legal Opinion

Carter v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 4, 1959No. 30,381Published

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Under an indictment charging assault with intent to murder, the appellant was convicted of the lesser included offense of aggravated assault; the punishment, one year in jail.

The injured party Woods testified that, while “on the town” on the night in question, he went to Lee’s Dining Room, that while there he saw the appellant but did not remember having an argument or any trouble with anyone, that after he left Lee’s and while standing on the sidewalk nearby the appellant came up behind him and “stuck me in the back with a knife.” He stated that “it went through my…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Nowlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946

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