Legal Opinion
Law v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 5, 1958No. 29490PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICE, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, life imprisonment.
The trial was had in Lubbock County on a change of venue from Crosby County.
The deceased, Elbert T. Wallace, resided in the town of Crosbyton where he was employed as the night attendant of the Odell Justice grocery and filling station.
On the evening of August 1, 1956, the deceased reported to work at the station around 7:00 P.M. Later in the night, around 1:00 A.M., the dead body of the deceased was discovered under a counter in the building and all the money in the cash register was missing.
The evidence shows that the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
- Bingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Gipson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942
3Cited by7 opinions
- Figueroa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Juan Ruiz Moreno v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Melendez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Madeley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Madeley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
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