Brown v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION,. Presiding Judge.
This appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of murder with malice, wherein the jury assessed the punishment at twenty (20) years’ confinement in the Department of Corrections.
The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The deceased was the ten month old stepdaughter of the appellant. He had met his wife, Jeanette, when she was seven months pregnant, and they married shortly after the birth of the deceased, Tina Renee Hicks.
Appellant’s extrajudicial confession was introduced, which recited he started spanking the child when she was six or seven…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Cherb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Banks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Wall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Hoffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Stiles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Guerra v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Spence v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
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