Legal Opinion

Phillips v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 19, 1921No. 6202Published

Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before the Honorable Robt. B. Seay. Appeal from a conviction of robbery; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, PRESIDING Judge.

Conviction is for robbery; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.

The indictment lacks none of the essential elements. No statement of facts accompanies the record, nor do we find any bill of exceptions.

In the motion for a new trial there are complaints of certain rulings of the court upon the admission of evidence and certain criticisms of the court’s charge and the refusal of special charges requested.

To enable this court to review the rulings of the trial court upon the admission or rejection of evidence, a bill of exceptions…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  3. Diseren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Clifton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913

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