Legal Opinion

Lundy v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 7, 1956No. 28534PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the sale of marijuana; the punishment, 10 years.

The prosecuting witness stated that she went to a certain lounge in the city of Houston on the day in question and there purchased from the appellant a large envelope which contained a substance later identified by an expert witness as marijuana.

The appellant did not testify or offer any evidence in his own behalf.

The only serious question presented for review by this record is the failure of the court to instruct a verdict of not guilty on the grounds that the prosecuting witness was an accomplice…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Silba v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  2. Vela v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  3. Moulton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Phelps v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  5. Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959

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