Legal Opinion

Clary v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 1, 1949No. 24314PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant stands convicted of the murder of his wife, Odilla Clary, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for 99 years.

It was the theory of the state, and it is upon such theory that this conviction is based, that the deceased came to her death by strangulation caused by blood forming and collecting *522in her throat and lungs; that the blood was caused to so form by and as the result of some act or acts of unlawful violence to the person of the deceased by the appellant; that after the death of deceased, to conceal his crime, appellant…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  2. Clary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950

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