Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 4, 1970No. 43046PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
The conviction is for escape from jail as denounced by Article 353b, Vernon’s Ann. P.C.; the punishment was assessed at three years and nine months in the Texas Department of Corrections.
It was alleged that appellant had been indicted for the offense of burglary at night, and while he was awaiting trial for this offense he escaped from the Cameron County jail.
The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. It shows that the bars were cut and appellant, along with seven others, escaped from the Cameron County jail in Brownsville on the 17th day of September, 1969.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- The PEOPLE v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Godwin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- Rae v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Reno v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
3Cited by8 opinions
- Estelle v. DorroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Ford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Ex parte LeopardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Ex Parte ReidCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Estelle v. DorroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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