Legal Opinion

Churchill v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 8, 1958No. 29961PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, five years.

The shooting occurred outside a beer establishment after closing hours. Roush, the injured party, who was shot in the stomach, testified that he and Miss Melcer and her father were talking and listening to his automobile radio when the appellant, seated nearby, commanded him to turn his radio off; that he refused and the appellant stated that he himself would silence it; that when he started toward his automobile to prevent the appellant from interfering the appellant shot him with a 41 caliber…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Schwartz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  2. Meyer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  3. Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Foster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Earnhart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Thames v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  4. State v. HamiltonMontana Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Hicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

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