Legal Opinion

Ross v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 7, 1950No. 24630Published

1Opinion of the Court

233 S.W.2d 126 (1950)

ROSS

v.

STATE.

No. 24630.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 19, 1950.

On Rehearing June 7, 1950.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 1950.

Thos. H. Dent, Galveston, for appellant.

Raymond E. Magee, County Attorney, Galveston, Emmett F. Magee, Special Prosecutor, Galveston, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for murder, with the death penalty.

The indictment alleges that Herman Lee Ross, the appellant, killed Guido Nesti on the 1st day of June, 1948, by shooting him with a gun.

Nesti was the keeper of a…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. Neal v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1881

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