Legal Opinion

Young v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 15, 1965No. 38726PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery with firearms; the punishment, death.

This is a companion case to that of Sellars v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 400 S.W;2d 559, and Hoover v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 390 S.W. 2d 758.

The facts relating to the robbery and the torture inflicted upon Mr. and Mrs. Schepps and their employee, Mrs. Tuck, are set out at length in the companion cases and need not be restated.

The appellant did not testify before the jury. His confession was introduced in evidence as State’s Exhibit No. 17. Omitting the statutory warning, it reads in part:

“Around March 5, 1964, I got…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Gaskin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  4. Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  5. Morgan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Sam Hoover v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  2. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Sam Hoover v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Niehouse v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1988
  5. Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

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