Legal Opinion

Mimms v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 18, 1932No. 15261PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is robbery; penalty .assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-five years.

Wesley Sallis was in charge of a filling station belonging to an oil ■company of which Russell Anderson was also an employee. According to Anderson, the following took place: Two men riding in an automobile, which Anderson described, drove into the filling station and asked for water and air. While Anderson was preparing to comply with their request, Mimms (who was one of the men in the automobile), said: “We don’t want air. Go to the cash register and open it up.” Mimms…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Kerley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Gonzales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Crouch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  4. Viley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Mauldin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Jernigan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Lane v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991

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