Bell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
■ On his trial in the court below, for an assault with intent to murder, appellant was convicted of said offense, and his punishment assessed at six years imprisonment in the penitentiary. There is no statement of facts, and appellant’s main insistance for reversal was based upon the fact that he had failed to get a statement of facts in his case.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and sentenced to six years in the State penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals to this court.
There are two grounds upon which a reversal of this case is asked:
1. The defendant being convicted of assault with intent to murder, his counsel, who had been appointed by the court, declined to make a motion for a new trial, and moved to another county. Sometime afterward other counsel were employed in behalf of defendant, who made the motion for a new trial. It was overruled, and counsel being unacquainted with the facts,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Buford v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1876
3Cited by16 opinions
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