Legal Opinion
Nathan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 21, 1981No. 61389PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Presiding Judge.
This appeal is taken from a conviction for murder with malice under the former Penal Code (1925). The jury assessed punishment at sixty (60) years’ confinement in the Department of Corrections.
In two grounds appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to prove the corpus delicti and also is insufficient to show he was the guilty agent connected with the criminal act alleged. He further urges that the trial court erred in permitting him to be impeached on a matter collateral to any issue in the case.
We are confronted with a voluminous record of over 1,100…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Flores v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Ysasaga v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Culmore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Joslin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1986
- Porter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
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