Legal Opinion

France v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 7, 1945No. 23059PublishedCited by 25 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is rape. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

Appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury of Delta County, but the Court, on his own motion, changed the venue of the case to Hopkins County, where it was tried with the result above stated.

Appellant’s first complaint relates to the court’s action in overruling his motion to quash the indictment on the ground that it was duplicitous in that it charged in the same count rape of a girl under eighteen years of age and rape by force. The indictment, omitting the formal…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Conger v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  2. Castillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892
  3. Dyer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  4. Brannan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  5. Sanchez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Hart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  2. Salinas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Steele v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Edworthy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  5. Estep v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1972

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