Legal Opinion

Arbuckle v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 5, 1937No. 17709PublishedCited by 65 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Conviction is for burglary, punishment assessed being confinement in the penitentiary for life.

The indictment was presented on February 19, 1935. In the first paragraph of the indictment appellant was charged with the offense for which he was being tried in the present proceedings, it being charged by proper averments that appellant had burglarized the house of M. S. Henry on the 23rd day of June, 193If.. In order to invoke the enhanced punishment against habitual criminals authorized under Art. 63, P. C., two former convictions were alleged, one being that in May, 1931,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. GowaskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. Long v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Kinney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
  4. Muckenfuss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  5. Brittian v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Ex Parte MurchisonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. David A. Davis v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  5. Dye v. SkeenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950

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