Legal Opinion

Mays v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 20, 1907No. 3645PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENDEBSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $100, and by appeal seeks to reverse this ease.

The only question which, it occurs to us, requires notice is the action of the court with reference to appellant’s plea of former jeopardy. It appears from the record that appellant claims that he had formerly been tried and acquitted for the same offense. The facts are as follows: On the 10th of March, 1906, in the same court, being the county court of Dallam County, appellant was charged on complaint and information with the same…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Longley v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
  3. Thompson v. EanesTexas Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Michael Eugene Sharp v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  4. Steen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. Lumsden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964

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