Legal Opinion
Bell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 21, 1969No. 42042PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, 20 years.
The evidence adduced at the trial shows that on the night in question, at approximately 12:40 and 12:45 A.M. a woman who identified herself as appellant called the Houston police and requested an ambulance, stating that she had shot her husband and another woman, and giving her address. Within the hour five members of the Houston police force arrived separately at the address given by the woman to investigate the reported shooting. Sgt. Gor-dy, the first to arrive, related that he peered through the front door,…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Miller v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by59 opinions
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