Legal Opinion

Orozco v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 6, 1967No. 40706PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, 10 years.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty. The state having waived the death penalty and the jury having found appellant guilty of murder with malice, the court assessed the punishment.

The facts necessary for consideration and disposition of the grounds of error set forth in appellant’s brief, filed in the trial court, reflect the following: Appellant was seated in a booth near the front door of the El Farleto Cafe in Dallas with Hosea Miramontes and Joanne Parris when John Hugh Elliott, the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Gaudio v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1967
  5. Galloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Orozco v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Scales v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
  3. State v. RobertiOregon Supreme Court · 1982
  4. McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. State v. SwannSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969

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