Legal Opinion

Drake v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 10, 1967No. 40338PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is robbery; the punishment, life.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty. The jury having found him guilty, appellant requested that the jury assess the punishment.

The sole ground of error set forth in appellant’s brief is:

“The Trial Court erred in refusing to sustain the defendant’s objection to certain harmful and prejudicial testimony which was used by the State to Identify the defendant.”

The witness E. J. Carter, the person named in the indictment as having been robbed, positively identified appellant as the ■man who robbed him of $72.00…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Huggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  2. Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Moon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Franks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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