Legal Opinion

Kuykendall v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 23, 1955No. 27,837PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, 90 days in jail.

The difficulty involved in this prosecution seems to have arisen over the affections of one Marcellus.

The injured party testified that she was married and had not been intimate with Marcellus.

The appellant and Marcellus testified that she had.

Be this as it may, the testimony of the injured party and another state’s witness shows an unprovoked assault with a knife upon an unarmed person which resulted in numerous lacerations.

The appellant and her witness testified that the injured party attacked her…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Prince v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  2. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  3. Yates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Kizzee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

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