Legal Opinion

Hesley Jr. v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 2, 1920No. 5836PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Matagorda. Tried below before the Honorable M. W. Munson. Appeal from a conviction of burglary; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary in the District Court of Matagorda County, and his punishment fixed at two years confinement in the State penitentiary.

A motion to quash the indictment is based on the fact that there was no other description of the house in question, save and except that it was then and there under the control of F. J. Spence. If it is necessary in a burglary indictment that it be alleged that the house in question is owned, occupied, and controlled, or is under tbé care control and management of any persons, then the motion should have been sustained. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  2. Lockett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  3. Suggs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  4. Youngworth v. JewellNevada Supreme Court · 1880
  5. Wormley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. State v. CamperCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  3. Elam v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. Odell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

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