Legal Opinion

Hamilton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 26, 1941No. 21490PublishedCited by 10 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

The appellant is charged with the voluntary killing of one Babe Gates, a negro woman, with his malice aforethought. The punishment assessed is confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-five years.

This is the second appeal in this case. The opinion delivered by this court on the former appeal is reported in (138 Texas Crim. Rep. 205) 135 S. W. (2d) 476, where the material facts constituting the offense are stated. Consequently, we deem it unnecessary to re-state the same here as there is no material difference in the facts proven on this trial and those proven at the former…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Martin v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Thomas v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. Pollard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Hamilton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  5. Stanley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Akins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  4. Ex Parte BeckerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Davidson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956

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