Legal Opinion

Holder v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 8, 1940No. 21014Published

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant received at the hands of a jury a verdict of two years in the penitentiary in punishment for ' the charged crime of theft of property over the value of fifty dollars.

This case began with a plea of not guilty, and after the testimony was all in it seems that appellant changed such plea to that,- of guilty, and endeavored to obtain a suspended sentence, leaving such to be the only matter to be determined by the jury.

Bill of exceptions No. 1 complains because of the, fact that the State was allowed to prove, over appellant’s objections, that one Leffel had lost a saddle…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Streight v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  2. Early v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  4. Serrato v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  5. Mauney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919

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