Legal Opinion
Evans v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 24, 1973No. 46761PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREEN, Commissioner.
The offense is murder with malice; the punishment, assessed by the court, is twenty-five years.
The record discloses that appellant and his codefendant, Charles Edward Hearne, though indicted separately, were tried jointly in one trial before a jury for the murder of Iris Z. Carter in Dallas on or about August 22, 1971. This appeal is by Billy Joe Evans as sole appellant.
Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the record reflects the following facts:
Early in the morning of August 22, 1971, deceased Carter was found lying on a sidewalk in a shopping center in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Roberts v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Ricondo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1983
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Ex Parte SmithCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
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