Legal Opinion
Leviness v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 16, 1952No. 25390PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODLEY, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for the murder of Cloyce Eloise Twitchell and the jury assessed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
The trial was had in Chambers County upon an indictment returned in Hardin County, the venue having been changed following the reversal of a death penalty conviction in Hardin County. See Leviness v. State, No. 24,688, 155 Tex. Cr. R. 85, 230 SW (2) 814.
The deceased left Beaumont on the afternoon of September 28, 1948, to return to her mother’s home in Colmesneil, Texas, where her three year old child was being cared for. She had…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
- Prince v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
- Wall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Leviness v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Mayfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Cameron v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1995
- Henson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
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