Legal Opinion

Fisher v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 10, 1914No. 3162PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

PREHDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant appeals from a conviction for simple assault.

His defense was self-defense. This is the second appeal. The first is reported in 68 Texas Crim. Rep., 297, 151 S. W. Rep., 544.

He has properly raised and complains of these charges of the court, towit: “Every person is permitted by the law to defend himself against any act of unlawful violence offered to his person, but in exercising this right of self-defense he is only permitted to use such degree of violence as is reasonably necessary to prevent or protect himself against such unlawful violence. . . ."…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  2. Fisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  3. Parish v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. Vinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  5. Aycock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Holland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  2. State v. TurnerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1930

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