Legal Opinion

Murray v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 10, 1944No. 22854Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant insists that the evidence is insufficient, as a matter of law, to overturn the presumption of insanity attaching by reason of the Oklahoma judgment, and that we erred in reaching a contrary conclusion.

Attention is called to the fact that the undisputed evidence shows:(a) That appellant, by force, brutally raped the prosecutrix, and assaulted, by inflicting serious injuries with a knife, her young male companion;(b) That, while fleeing from the scene of the crime, and in attempting to make his escape, appellant was accosted by two farmers, who…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Davidson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  2. Glover v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
  3. Gunter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  4. Herring v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  5. Kizer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

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