Legal Opinion

Stanley v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 5, 1947No. 23568PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a penalty of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars fine and ninety days in jail on a charge of aggravated assault.

The only question raised in appellant’s brief attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction for aggravated assault. There is no denial that the assault was made, nor that the instrument used would be sufficient to support the charge of aggravated assault. It is the position of appellant, however, that the evidence shows no “premeditated design,” but that it'was a case of a “rash, inconsiderate impulse,” as defined in Hodges v.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hodges v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re I. BCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Ohlrich v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  3. In Re IBCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981

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