Legal Opinion

Mooring v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 5, 1921No. 6309PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before the Honorable C. W. Robinson. Appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault; penalty, six months, confinement in the. county jail. The opinion states.the case. Cited Doss v. State, 28 Texas Crim. App., 510; Bonner v. State, 59 Texas Crim. Rep., 350; Schenk v. State, 174 S. W. Rep.* 357.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The appellant is under conviction for aggravated assault; punishment fixed at confinement in the county jail for six months.

The appellant was acquitted of the major offense of which he was charged, and we deem it unnecessary to recite the facts save such as. reflect appellant’s defensive theory, which he insists should have been submitted to the jury in the following special charge:

“If you believe from the evidence in this case that the defendant* Mooring, on account of the previous conduct of the prosecutrix, had reason to believe and did believe that he could have…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Enfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  2. Bartlett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  3. Coburn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  4. Stroup v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

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