Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 5, 1973No. 46807PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREEN, Commissioner.
This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with malice. The jury assessed punishment at death.
The record reflects that at about 4:30 P.M. on September 16, 1970, two black males attempted to rob a Gulf Service Station located at the intersection of Erving Street and Clarendon Street in Dallas. During the course of the attempted robbery, two witnesses observed one of the robbers shoot the operator of the service station and saw the robbers flee the scene of the crime.
The State introduced two witnesses, acquaintances of appellant, who testified that appellant…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Bird v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Ernest Benjamin Smith v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- McMahon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Wilder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Gholson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
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