Legal Opinion

Guerrero v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 9, 1914No. 3348PublishedCited by 16 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HARPER, Judge.

—Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at death, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Ho one saw the actual shooting, now living, other than appellant, and he, as he had a right not to do, did not testify in the ease. Appellant had married Catarino Morales, and is charged with having killed a sister of his wife, Isabel Morales, a fifteen-year-old girl. As tending to show a motive for the killing, the father of the two girls, Hicholas Morales, testified that on the day of the homicide he had a conversation with the defendant. That…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Norwood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
  2. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  3. Lowe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  4. Lowe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

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