Legal Opinion

Khan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 7, 1930No. 13517PublishedCited by 4 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; penalty, two years in the penitentiary.

We find in the record no statement of facts nor any bill of exception and nothing is presented for review.

We note that appellant has been adjudged and sentenced "to be guilty of “violation of the liquor law.” We have several times called attention of the trial judges to the fact that this describes no offense known to our law. Such sentence will be reformed so as to adjudge appellant to be guilty of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
  2. Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  3. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  4. Mason and Traver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

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