Legal Opinion

Porter v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 29, 1941No. 21389Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant, in his motion for rehearing, again asserts his contention that the trial court erred in not instructing the jury that Muriel Shields was an accomplice. We said in our original opinion that the evidence showed conclusively that appellant originated the enterprise and not Muriel Shields, and that therefore, she was not an accomplice, citing a number of cases supporting the doctrine announced and overruling any and all decisions apparently to the contrary. See Jones v. State, 162 S. W. 1142; Miller v. State, 298 S. W. 593; Deatherage v. State, 237…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Deatherage v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927

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