Legal Opinion
Salazar v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 30, 1946No. 23272PublishedCited by 15 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The appeal is from a sentence of death on a charge of murder.
The homicide took place in the City of Brownsville, in Cameron County. The court of his own motion changed the venue of the case to Bee County, where the trial was had on June 6, 1945.
The appellant was a prowler about the residence of E. B. Griffin. A neighbor discovered his presence and reported the matter to the police department. Two policemen, Alfred Basler and J. J. Villarreal, went to the home of Griffin and discovered appellant. Shots were heard. Basler fell to the ground and Villareal went to the neighboring house to call…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wolfe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Tanner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
3Cited by15 opinions
- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Samuel E. Muniz v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Cuevas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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