Legal Opinion

Sensabaugh v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 3, 1968No. 41172PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Murder with Malice; the punishment, assessed by the jury, life.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged and we do not deem it necessary to set forth all the facts. The record does show that the deceased, Grover Cecil Steward, died from massive bleeding resulting from multiple stab wounds inflicted by the appellant in the front yard of the deceased’s house at approximately 3 p.m. on November 30, 1966. The State’s testimony reflects that approximately one week prior to the killing appellant, in presence of witnesses, displayed a knife, identified as…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mounts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
  2. Lamm v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. Lera v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  4. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930

3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Huffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Sanchez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Cisneros v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Ayers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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