Legal Opinion
Hobson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided May 5, 1982No. 13-81-028-CR (2015)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
YOUNG, Justice.
In a jury trial appellant was convicted of murder and assessed 70 years in the penitentiary. From that conviction he now appeals.
In eleven grounds of error the appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in failing to sustain motions complaining of defects in the indictment; in admitting into evidence a confession which did not meet legal requirements; in refusing to give a charge on voluntary manslaughter; and in failing to grant a mistrial because of prejudicial jury argument. We affirm.
About appellant’s complaints of indictment defects, we note…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Cannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Hobson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Janak v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Horn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Raetzsch v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1988
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