Legal Opinion

Quisenbury v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 23, 1924No. 7964PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is keeping a bawdy house; punishment fixed at a fine of $200 and confinement in the county jail for a period of twenty days.

There was a plea of guilty entered. A jury was waived. The statement of facts is not brought forward for review.

A motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment was presented asserting that the plea of guilty was entered under a misapprehension of the law and the facts, upon the advice of her attorney to the effect that it was a means of postponing the trial and would not prevent a trial upon the merits at some future time. The motion…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Clardy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Letterman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943

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