Kipper v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. On change of venue from El Paso County. Tried below before Hon. Charles E. Clint. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. This is the second appeal in this case.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. On change of venue from El Paso County. Tried below before Hon. Charles E. Clint. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. This is the second appeal in this case. The former appeal, which was taken from the trial of the case before the District Court of El Paso County, will be found reported in 42 Texas Criminal Reports, 613, and a short but sufficient statement of the case having been there given, the same is hereby referred to, and no further statement of the facts is deemed…
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life; hence this appeal.
There are about seventy-five bills of exception in this record; some of them are quite lengthy, and a great many upon questions that are absolutely unimportant or that have frequently heretofore been decided adversely to appellant. As to some of the propositions contained in the bills, a number contain the same question in effect. Really all that is important could have been condensed and put into a dozen bills of exceptions. In discussing the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McCoy v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1860
- Hamblin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Stevens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
3Cited by12 opinions
- Serrato v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Zweig v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
- State v. EdmondsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1920
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
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