Legal Opinion

Enriquez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 14, 1968No. 41061PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

Appellant’s first ground of error, not supported by authority, is that the court erred in declining to consolidate this case with another murder case against this appellant, the indictment for which was pending in another county. We have concluded that there could be no possible merit in this contention since the court in the instant trial had no jurisdiction to try the murder case committed in the other county, because no exceptions to the general venue statute here exist.

Appellant’s next ground of error is his claim that…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Baxstrom v. HeroldSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Foster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Morrison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Faulder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Gardner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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