Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Ex Parte Greenhaw

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 29, 1899No. 2113Published

The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion below.

1ConcurrenceHenderson, Judge

(Concurring).—It appears from the record, that the applicant made an agreement with N. B. Morris, representing the State of Texas, which was ratified by the district attorney, to testify against his codefendants in three certain criminal eases, in which the parties were charged with murder in the first degree, the applicant himself being implicated in said eases as a principal. Applicant admits that he is guilty of murder in the first degree on proof evident, but claims he is entitled to bail by virtue of his agreement with the State. The evidence tends to show that by the terms of his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. FordSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  3. Turney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  4. Heinzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895

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