Legal Opinion

Benson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 24, 1907No. 3422Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING..Tune 19, 1907.

HENDERSON, Judge.

This case was affirmed at a former day of this term, and now comes before us on motion for rehearing.

Appellant strenuously insists that the judgment of affirmance was erroneous because of the fact that in the opinion of the court we discredited appellant’s theory of self-defense, and among other things, he now brings before this court, in his motion for rehearing, affidavits re-enforcing that theory, and showing that deceased was actually armed with a knife at the time the homicide was committed. The affidavits show in effect that since…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hodge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  2. American &c. Mortgage Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1893
  3. State v. SullivanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1894
  4. State v. YoungSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1891

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