Green v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Upshur. Tried below before the Honorable J. R. Warren. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, eight years imprisonment in the penitentiary, with intermediate sentence. The opinion states the case. On question of threats by the defendant against the deceased: Godwin v. State, 43 S. W. Rep., 336 Holley v. State, 46 id., 39; Fossett v. State, 55 id., 497; Strange v. State, 43 id., 551; and cases cited in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Upshur County of murder, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.
Deceased was a nephew of appellant, and was making his home at the time of the homicide with appellant’s son, Oscar Green, at whose house the shooting took place.
The homicide occurred Sunday morning about 8:30 or 9 o’clock. A recital of the facts would be of no value except as illuminating our action in ruling upon the grounds presented by appellant for a reversal of his case.
Appellant asked a peremptory instruction of not guilty upon the ground…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hardy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892
- Harrelson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
- Holmes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Strickland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
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3Cited by2 opinions
- McNeil v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Lawrence v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933