Legal Opinion · Dissent

Washburn v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 1958No. 29674Published

1Dissent

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.(dissenting).

I would reverse this conviction for the following reasons:

1.The State in making out its case in chief introduced seven closeup pictures of the bombed automobile. Three of them were clearly admissible, were not objected to, and showed the full extent of the bomb damage. , The other four added nothing to the three except that they showed blood which had streamed from the seat where Mrs. Weaver had been seated and formed a great pool on the ground. Under the many holdings of this Court, recently rer affirmed in Hunter v. State, 161 Tex.Cr. R. 225, 275…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  2. Hunter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  4. Langford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  5. Sherwood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929

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