Legal Opinion

Housewright v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 23, 1949No. 24456PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was indicted as a second offender against the statute defining driving while intoxicated, and by the jury assessed a penalty of one year and a day in jail.

The transcript evidences the fact that the appellant pleaded guilty to the charge and timely filed a request for a suspended sentence. He also testified herein that he had previously pleaded guilty to a similar offense and that he was drinking on the occasion in question; that since then he had aligned himself *102with the association called “Alcoholics Anonymous” and did not intend to ever drink any more.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
  2. Morris v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  3. Commonwealth v. Harold RollerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  4. Boyarsky v. G. A. Zimmerman Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
  5. Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Huffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Marras v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Miffleton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Roy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Aaron v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960

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