Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 8, 1928No. 11275PublishedCited by 15 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for burglary, punishment being four years in the penitentiary.

This is a companion case to Wm. Turner v. State (No. 11279), and Hamilton v. State, (11296) recently decided. The facts testified to by the accomplice witness are fully set out in the opinion in those cases. Practically the same facts appear in the present record but come through appellant’s written confession which was taken under the formalities required by law. The confession shows appellant’s guilt as a principle in the burglary.

There is no merit in appellant’s contention that an acquittal should…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  2. Aven v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. Sullivan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  4. Silva and Zamora v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  5. Willard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Murray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
  3. Wilkinson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1995
  4. Sweat v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  5. Hart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940

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