Legal Opinion

Gutierrez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 24, 1968No. 40984PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Cattle Theft; the punishment, two (2) years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant presents two grounds of error. He contends that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury, after proper objection, on the law of circumstantial evidence. We cannot agree.

Domingo Zammora, an accomplice witness, testified clearly and concisely as to the appellant’s active participation in the theft of the cow.

Zammora related how he, the appellant, Henry Rodriquez and Joe Acosta were riding around in appellant’s automobile drinking beer on the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Husty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. Kanaziz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Ferguson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  2. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Blankenship v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  5. Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

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