Legal Opinion

Wilcock v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 22, 1911No. 1377PublishedCited by 4 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was. convicted of cattle theft! We deem it unnecessary to go into any particular statement of the facts.

1. During the trial and while one of the prosecuting attorneys in the case, Hr. Peareson, was addressing the jury he remarked: “The defendant’s defense in this case is, although he has offered no testimony to that effect, I do not mean to refer to his failure to testify,” whereupon appellant’s attorney, in the hearing and presence of the jury, excepted to said argument upon the ground that it was an allusion to the fact that the defendant had not…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brumbelow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  2. Welch v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. Hester v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  4. Welch v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954

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