Flores v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Reeves County; Chas. Gibbs, Judge. Oetabiano Flores was convicted of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor in prohibition territory, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, J.
This conviction was for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor in territory where the sale thereof is prohibited. The penalty assessed was confinement in the state penitentiary for three years.
[1-3] In the attached opinion the conclusions reached are acquiesced in, except that with reference to the complaint of the argument of the prosecuting attorney. This officer used the following language in his argument to the jury:
“If you don’t convict the defendant in this case, I am going to have you all indicted and sent to the penitentiary for perjury.”
The court, on objection by appellant to the…
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