Legal Opinion

Yates v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 19, 1919No. 5308PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

In this case the appellant was ’convicted in the County Court of Hamilton County for the offense of adultery and her punishment fixed at a fine of $200.

Appellant contends before this court that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict, and cites the case of Cordill v. State, 83 Texas Crim. Rep., 74, as authority for that contention. We think appellant misconceives the effect of the holding in the Cordill case, which merely held that a specific number of instances in evidence, as in that case, did not constitute habitual carnal intercourse, but in the opinion the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cordill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
  2. Hatch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  3. Mabry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Cannedy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Roper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932

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