Legal Opinion

Craver v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 16, 1943No. 22524PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice, and assessed a term of ten years in the penitentiary.

The appellant, the deceased, and a major portion of the witnesses were colored people, and there is much confusion and contradictions found in the testimony, but it seems that the State’s testimony showed a covetousness upon the part of appellant for the deceased’s wife, an association with her and inter-' course with her at three separate times. On the night in question, after some conversation with the deceased in close proximity to his car, parked in what was the negro portion…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Carter v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Williams v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Smith v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Kimbrough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Mounts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945

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