Legal Opinion

Seamster v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 2, 1955No. 27725PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELCHER, Judge.

Appellants were convicted for the offense of misdemeanor theft and the punishment for each was assessed at two years in jail and a fine of $500.

Appellant, Jay Lee Seamster, entered a plea of guilty, and appellant, James Jack Seamster, entered a plea of not guilty.

No authenticated statement of facts accompanies the record. The testimony presented on the trial was not reported.

Appellants contend that the information and complaint are fatally defective because they are duplicitous in that they allege that the appellants “did then and there at the same time and place and by the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  2. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  3. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  4. Ratcliff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  5. Hinojosa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Ferguson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963

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