Legal Opinion
Luna v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 16, 1970No. 43339PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, eighteen (18) years.
Appellant’s first ground of error presented in argument before this Court is that the evidence is insufficient to show that the appellant fired the bullets which killed the deceased. The witness Jiminez testified that he was at the beer establishment where the killing occurred; that the appellant mentioned an old fight he had with the deceased’s brother; that there was no argument or fisticuffs. Shortly thereafter, the appellant left the bar, remained away a short time and returned. Whereupon he…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pennington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
- Cox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
- James Lee Marion v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Tapley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Whitehead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Norris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- McCall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Fritz Whittington v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Davila v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
- Bolding v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
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