Legal Opinion · Dissent

Fields v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 8, 1923No. 6751Published

The opinion states the case.

1Dissent

MORROW, Presiding Judge,

(dissenting.) — The record is like that in Scott’s case, No. 6913, in which the same questions of law aré presented, and therefore the same ruling should control.

In this, as in Scott’s case, the evidence of other offenses was admissible, but it should have been limited upon the request of the appellant. The proper limitation may be put upon the evidence either at the time that it was introduced or in the charge of the court or both. However, it occurs to the writer that there could be no more appropriate time to limit it than at the moment it goes to the jury. In the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  2. Moseley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  3. Oliver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
  4. Mask v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
  5. Cummings v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892

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