Legal Opinion

Massengale v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 17, 1982No. 2-81-232-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

Lewis Massengale has appealed his conviction for the offense of the murder of Billy Houston Glover, Jr. for which he was *836sentenced to imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections for life.

We affirm.

Since the sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, we will discuss only facts relevant to the disposition of the four grounds of error.

The first ground of error avers that the trial court erred in refusing to allow the defense witness, Carolina Sullivan, to testify that before the event in question, Mas-sengale had stated to her that he was scared of Billy…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Todd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Carrillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Chambers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. Castro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wicker v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985
  2. Massengale v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Massengale v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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