Legal Opinion

Ikner v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 22, 1939No. 20277PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

Graves, Judge.

Under a plea of guilty, with a request for a suspension of sentence, the appellant was given a year in the penitentiary, and his sentence was not suspended.

There is no statement of facts in the record, but appellant’s attorneys present a novel question in their brief. They contend that the indictment is fatally defective in that a grand jury of Nacogdoches County presents to that district court an indictment charging appellant with having committed an offense in Cherokee County.

The indictment reads as follows:

“IN the name and by the authority of THE STATE OF TEXAS : “The grand…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946

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