Legal Opinion

Casanova v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 3, 1920No. 5608PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of cow theft and allotted two years in the penitentiary.

The testimony, without repetition, is sufficiently strong to show that "Williams, the alleged owner, had a cow stolen from him at night. Circumstances indicate there were three parties connected with it as shown by the tracks on the ground at the place of taking. The State relies upon the testimony of Martin, a negro who turned State’s evidence, appellant’s confession, and supposed similarity of tracks found at the place of the taking and tracks subsequently made by appellant in thin…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Parker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
  2. Tankersley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
  4. Grant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
  5. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Summers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
  2. Steed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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