Legal Opinion

Stiles v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 30, 1921No. 6077PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLattimore, J.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the district court of Fisher county, and her punishment fixed at 10 years in the penitentiary.

There appear in this record but two bills of exception, one to the reception of certain evidence, and one to certain argument of the prosecution, both of which we will discuss later. Appellant was ably defended, ¿nd we take it this condition of the record resulted from the exceptionally fair and full charge of the court below, and the apparent willingness to allow in evidence all matters offered which, by any sort of reasonable inference, shed light on the issues…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hardy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892
  2. Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  3. Young v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1885

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Rutherford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  2. Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Sanderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  4. Sanderson, Jr. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  5. Purvis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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