Legal Opinion
Morris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 10, 1973No. 45485PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The punishment was assessed at death.
The indictment alleged that on December 23, 1969, Walter Lee Morris killed D. C. Arnold by shooting him with a gun. The record reflects that Arnold was a sergeant of the Sherman police department.
The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The main issues on appeal concern the denial of a motion to change venue and the admission of a written confession into evidence.
Most of the incriminating testimony was from the fifteen-year-old accomplice witness Jerry Fisher. Fisher testified…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by46 opinions
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