Legal Opinion

Fontenot v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 17, 1968No. 41205PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

Appellant’s court appointed attorneys have presented eleven grounds of error which for the sake of brevity we have regrouped.

Appellant’s first group of alleged errors is predicated upon the contention that the court declined to consider his Amended Motion for New Trial because it bore a facsimile stamp of appellant’s counsel’s signature. We need discuss this matter no further because it is apparent that the court did consider the motion and held a hearing thereon.

A second group of alleged errors relates to the court’s refusal…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  2. Vowell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  3. Prince v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  4. Massoletti v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  5. Procella v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Huffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Lolmaugh v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Carpenter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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