Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 20, 1926No. 9013PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is negligent homicide; punishment fixed at confinement' in the county jail for a period of three months.

The transaction upon which the prosecution is based was a collision in which the automobile driven by the appellant collided with a truck which was standing upon the highway. Two girls were in the car driven by the appellant. One of these was his sister, Alice Brown; the other was Miss Dollie Wilson, the deceased.

Paragraphs 2 and 4 of the court’s charge present the state’s case. They are respectively as follows:

“You are charged that the law of this…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Parroccini v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Steen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Gribble v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  4. Worley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  5. Hampton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gann v. MurrayTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Gann v. MurrayTexas Supreme Court · 1952

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