Espalin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of El Paso. Tried below before the Plonorable W. D. -Howe. Appeal from a conviction as an accomplice for murder; penalty, fifteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. Cited cases in opinion. Cited cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the Thirty-fourth District Court of'El Paso County, of being an accomplice to the crime of murder, and his punishment assessed at fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Appellant owned land in the Rio Grande valley below the city of El Paso. On said land he had patches of watermelons enclosed by wire - fences. Prior to the date of this homicide he had employed various parties, among them one Luis Garcia, to guard said melon patches, against depredations. On the night of the homicide four young men came from El Paso down a road adjacent to the melon patch…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sapp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Hamlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
- Slack v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
3Cited by23 opinions
- Cueva v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2011
- Sam Hoover v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- McKinney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
18 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.