Legal Opinion

Reed v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 3, 1931No. 14271PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

CALHOUN, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

The only question presented for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

The witness E. W. Rochelle was an accomplice and the court instructed the jury that he must be corroborated. His testimony was substantially as follows: That he knew the appellant and had known her about three years; that he and appellant leased a small farm in Hood county ostensibly for the purpose of placing an old man thereon to make a crop, but really…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Townsend v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Pope v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cawley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  2. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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