Legal Opinion

Hughes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 11, 1920No. 5672PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

—The appellant in this case was convicted of felony theft, in the Criminal District Court of Dallas County, and given two years in the penitentiary.

The case comes before us without a statement of facts, and but two bills of exceptions. The first- of these is to the action of the trial court in overruling appellant’s motion for a continuance, asked for the purpose of obtaining the testimony of one Oll-ie Lanksford. An examination of the record discloses that the application for continuance fails to disclose when the subpoena for said witness was issued. No date was mentioned…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Colley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  2. Stolleis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930

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