Ex Parte Harris
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before the Honorable C. W. Robinson. Appeal from a habeas corpus proceeding denying bail. The opinion states the case. Cited: Ex parte Parker, 48 Texas Crim. Rep., 486, and cases cited in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
Relator is charged with the murder of Paul Schultz. He was denied bail.
Relator shot the deceased, using a shot-gun. The parties were on the public road. Relator and a companion had come to the place of the homicide in an automobile truck. Before the fatal shot was fired, they got out of the truck and were making some adjustment on the engine. As the deceased approached them, relator seized the gun and shot him. The state’s testimony does not further explain the homicide.
The defensive theory was that as the deceased approached, appellant spoke to him, and the deceased…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex Parte TownsleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Ex parte BurtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Stanton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Ex Parte BurtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Dixon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Ex Parte Wm. CuaronCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Ex Parte GlennyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Ex Parte Homer FlemingCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Ex Parte KennedyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
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