Legal Opinion

Clepper v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 9, 1957No. 28552Published

1Opinion

On Appellant’s Motion to Reinstate Appeal

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The record has now been perfected and the case is properly before this court for consideration.

The disposition hereof malees a summary of the facts unnecessary.

The evidence is sufficient to raise the issue of self-defense, which the trial court recognized, and in that connection submitted a charge to the jury, a portion of which reads as follows: “Now, if from the evidence in this case you believe beyond a reasonable doubt that at the time the defendant, Andrew Paul Clepper, cut the said Eugene W. Randall, if you find that he did…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  2. Pena v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  3. Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926

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