Legal Opinion
Teakell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 4, 1942No. 21968PublishedCited by 4 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAUCHAMP, Judrge.
The appeal is from a conviction for assault to murder with a penalty of one year in the penitentiary.
The indictment alleges that Wardean Teakell committed an assault upon A. D. Granger with intent to murder him on the 13th day of June, 1941. The material facts of the case are disputed by the opposing witnesses and the appeal is presented primarily on the proposition that the State’s evidence is insufficient as a matter of law to warrant the submission of the issue of assault to murder to the jury and to support their verdict.
It appears that the parties had met only a few…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Booker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941