Legal Opinion

Duncan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 11, 1939No. 20466PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

Upon his trial appellant entered a plea of guilty and asked for a suspension of sentence. A review of the evidence, which we deem unnecessary to set forth, has convinced us that the same is sufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict.

In support of his plea for suspension of sentence, appellant proved that he was 26 years of age and had not theretofore been convicted of a felony in this or any other state; that his reputation as a law-abiding citizen was good in the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stockton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Phillips v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  2. Stallworth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945

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