Legal Opinion
Lowery v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 25, 1973No. 45613PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVIS, Commissioner.
Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at death.
Morris J. Patterson, an employee of a vending machine company, was shot and killed during an armed robbery in Dallas on the afternoon of October 26, 1970.
Floyd Johnson and Barney Slakey were counting coins in the vending company office when the robbery occurred. Both made positive in-court identifications of appellant as the one of two robbers who drew a long-barrelled revolver and ordered them to lie on the floor at the rear of the office. The other robber brandished a…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by103 opinions
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- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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