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Berry v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 11, 1916No. 4130PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted and tried for murder. He was convicted of manslaughter, and the lowest punishment assessed.

This is a companion case to. that of Thomas Berry, Sr., v. State, 73 Texas Criin. Rep., 203. From the report of that case the circumstances of the killing can be understood sufficiently to make any preliminary statement in this unnecessary. This appellant was the person who actually killed the deceased, for which his father was convicted, as shown in said Thomas Berry, Sr., ease.

The killing having occurred before our murder statute abolishing the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Puryear v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  2. Casey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
  3. Keeton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Crist v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1886
  5. Sanders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Roberto De La Rosa v. James A. Lynaugh, Interim Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  2. Cantu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  3. State v. QuinlanMontana Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Boozer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Boozer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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