Legal Opinion

Koller v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 6, 1896No. 1483PublishedCited by 29 opinions

The indictment charged appellant with the murder of Estavan Rios, in Colorado County, on the 24th day of June, 1896, by shooting him with a gun. The salient features of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and given five years in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal. On the trial of the case, the appellant made a motion for a continuance on account of the absence of John Bogardes and Faustina Cordes, being his first application for a continuance. The diligence appears to be sufficient. Appellant says that he “expects to prove by the witness, Bogardes, that he was on the steps or in the house, and that the State’s witness, Juanita Tamesa (Mrs. Rios), was mistaken when she said that the said Bogardes was standing out…

2Cited by29 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
  2. Pueblo v. SuttonSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1911
  3. Porter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  4. Stanley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Dixon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

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