Legal Opinion

Lopez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 4, 1962No. 34326PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for murder without malice; the punishment, two years.

No bills of exception appear in the record. There are no objections to the court’s charge or any specially requested charges.

Appellant strenuously challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

Officer Wagner testified that when he arrived at the home of the appellant she was in the kitchen and the body of the deceased was on the kitchen floor. After he found a small hole in the left side of the chest of the deceased, the appellant told Officer Wagner that she had shot him, and gave the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  2. Spears v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Carpenter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  4. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Bellah v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  3. Drager v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Preston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Gordon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1982

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