Legal Opinion

Henderson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 17, 1926No. 9745PublishedCited by 7 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BERRY, Judge.

The offense is possession of intoxicating liquor and the punishment is confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The appellant filed a plea in the lower court asking that the prosecution be ¿bated. The substance of this plea was that the county attorney who was in office when the indictment was returned had agreed with the appellant that he would dismiss this prosecution in consideration of appellant giving the officers of Harrison County information concerning other violations of the law. We think this was not such a contract as is enforceable. _ The record clearly shows that…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Camron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Graham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Bowie v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1972
  4. Bassett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  5. Miers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933

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