Legal Opinion
Grant v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 10, 1969No. 42344PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
The conviction is for murder; the punishment, death.
The sufficiency of the evidence to show malice is challenged.
Appellant and Charles Walton, the deceased, had been drinking, and they argued about a loan to buy another bottle of wine. Witnesses for the State testified that they saw appellant with the pistol and later heard the shot, but did not see the shooting. It was shown that the deceased was seated and did not have a weapon. Appellant testified that he shot the deceased, because he thought the deceased was reaching for a gun.
The record further reflects that death…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Pittman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Ralph Carl Powers v. W. B. "Billy" Hauck, Sheriff of Bexar County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Tezeno v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Tsamouris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Newman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Elmo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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