Legal Opinion
Root v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 2, 1960No. 31479PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWoodley, Judge
The offense is aggravated assault by an adult male upon a female; the punishment, one year in jail.
*383The evidence viewed from the appellant’s standpoint is thus stated in his brief:
“On the 16th day of June, 1959, the prosecuting witness, Ethelyn Baker, accompanied by another woman, Hattie Rice, came upon the premises at Possum Kingdom Lake, known as Costello Point on which the defendant had a trailer house and has resided there for some ten years or more, and had been in charge of same for the past three years; defendant testified that the women had been drinking and were disorderly, and had…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cockrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Perry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
- Villarriel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
- Boyle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Freeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Brady Pamplin, Sheriff of Falls County, Texas and the State of Texas v. Alexander MasonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- McCullough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Davidson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
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