Legal Opinion

Dean v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 20, 1922No. 7213PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.

The evidence relied on is wholly circumstantial. It is the State’s theory that the appellant transported whisky in an automobile. The evidence supporting this theory is that the appellant and one, Vincent, rode in an automobile out of the town of Pampa on the main traveled road. A deputy sheriff, entertaining a suspicion that they had intoxicating liquor in their car, followed them a distance of about half a mile. This…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Clifton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
  2. Wales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Gay v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1901

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Marinkovich v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  2. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Wade, Rogers and King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

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