Stalling v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before the Honorable C. A. Pippen. Appeal from a conviction of a violation of the statute which requires the driver of an automobile, when he strikes a person on the highway to render necessary aid, etc., penalty; five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. Cited cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
Appellant is sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years for violating the' statute requiring that when an automobile strikes a person the driver shall stop and render the necessary aid. See Art. 820m, Supplement to Vernon’s Penal Code. The validity of the statute, with certain interpretations and limitations, has been sanctioned by this court in the case of Scott v. State, No. 5965, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 100.
In the instant case, Mrs. Patterson, while walking in company with her husband upon one of the streets of Dallas, Texas, at night-time,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1902
- Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
- Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Aguirre v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Goss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Ex parte FryeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Sanderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
- Goforth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
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