Legal Opinion

Angelica v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 3, 1964No. 36997PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is attempt to commit arson; the punishment, two years.

This is a companion case to that of appellant’s co-indictee, Orato v. State, 170 Tex.Cr.R. 514, 342 S.W.2d 108, to which opinion reference is here made for a statement of the salient points. The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction upon a circumstantial evidence charge is challenged. Only the differences in the evidence and the testimony not discussed in our prior opinion will here be noted. The witness Jones in the case at bar testified that sometime after the fire and while he was living at…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  2. Orato v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

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