Legal Opinion

Tomerlin v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 26, 1941No. 21499PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with a nighttime burglary of the store of Godfrey Jennings for the purpose of committing the crime of theft, and was by the jury convicted and given a term of three years in the penitentiary.

There are no bills of exceptions found in the record. The objections to the court’s charge that appear in the record are not authenticated by the signature of the trial judge, and will not be considered by us. There is nothing left for us to consider other than the sufficiency of the facts.

It is shown by the testimony that on the night of January 24, 1940, the store of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lynne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  2. Hooton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  3. Suggs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  4. E. M. Lewis and Porter Crooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  5. Richardson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Dunham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  2. Humphries v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  3. Humphries v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956

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