Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 2, 1932No. 15146PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Conviction is for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, punishment being two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty but made application for a suspended sentence. The court submitted the issue of suspended sentence and advised the jury regarding their option to recommend it. The verdict made no mention of it whatever.

In this court appellant assails the verdict on the ground that the jury failed to dispose of an issue submitted in the court’s instructions. The decisions are against appellant’s contention. Conatser v. State, 75 Texas Crim. Rep., 91, 170 S.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Conatser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. Bonds v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Dawson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Luna v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983

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