Legal Opinion

Berry v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 4, 1969No. 42126PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for murder without malice; the punishment, five years.

The first ground of error asserts that the trial court erred in refusing the motion of the appellant to suppress the testimony of John Cary Brown (age seven) based upon his deposition for the reason that the deposition reveals that he was not sufficiently intelligent to understand and relate the transactions about which he was examined.

The fourth ground urged is that:

“The Trial Court erred in admitting the testimony of seven year old John Cary Brown after proper objection by the defendant, as it is…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hines v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  2. Massoletti v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  3. Mixon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  4. May v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  5. Rocha v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gentry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Carr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Northcutt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. Willie Ray Houston v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2006

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