Legal Opinion

Holdman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 11, 1923No. 7640Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON REHEARING.

May 23, 1923.

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Counsel for appellant insists that this court was in error in deciding that the presumption of regularity was in favor of the judgment of conviction unless the contrary affirmatively appear. There is a distinction between the presumption which operates in the trial court and that which operates on appeal. On the trial of the ease, the presumptions are in favor of the appellant. He is presumed innocent until his guilt is established. On appeal, the presumption obtains that his conviction was regular and upon sufficient evidence unless the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
  2. Wesley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  3. Cordova & Co. v. PriestlyTexas Supreme Court · 1849
  4. Cardenas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  5. Martin v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875

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