Legal Opinion
Wood v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 8, 1972No. 45219PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Judge.
The offense is murder with malice; the punishment 99 years.
The record reflects that on September 7, 1969, appellant shot and killed Hollie Shelton Young, in the presence of several eye witnesses. The shooting occurred outside the residence of Monroe and Doris Combs. Appellant testified that earlier that same day, the deceased, Hollie Shelton Young, had inflicted a severe beating on him. At the confrontation at the Combs’ residence, the deceased was partially facing one of the other persons present, Kenneth Wood, when appellant, about 5 to 7 feet away, raised his gun and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Dempsey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Blake v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Carrillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- People v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Hodge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Ernest Benjamin Smith v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Koehler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
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