Legal Opinion
Chavez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 3, 1944No. 22839PublishedCited by 8 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
The appeal is from a conviction for murder with a penalty ' of ten years in the penitentiary.
Nale Chavez is charged with the murder of Juan Serano by shooting him with a gun on the 4th day of August, 1943. The State’s evidence shows that Juan Serano is dead; that”he was shot with some kind of a gun; that the defendant gave an officer a .45 single action Colt, blackhandled gun which was introduced in evidence. It was incidentally stated that appellant shot him. One witness said:
“I know where Juan Serano was shot by Nale Chavez.” He further said he saw appellant shoot deceased…
2Cited by8 opinions
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- MacKenna v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
- Mann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1945
- Deming v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
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