Legal Opinion

Cummings v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 14, 1926No. 10105PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BERRY, Judge.

The offense is theft, and the punishment is two years in the penitentiary.

No statement of facts has been filed in this court. Appellant’s attorney files an affidavit in which he states in effect that sometime during the fall of 1925 he was in Liberty County when the case of State v. Brady Cummings was tried. That the defendant asked the court to appoint counsel to assist him in as much as he was unable to hire counsel in his behalf, which request the court refused. That after the conviction of the appellant and when he appeared for sentence he gave notice of appeal and the judge…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Burden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  2. Brotherton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1891
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. MorganOregon Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Polk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Polk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1962

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