Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 1, 1922No. 6575PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Navarro County of murder, and his punishment fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.

We do not deem it necessary to state the facts any further than they elucidate the points discussed and decided in this opinion.

We do not agree with appellant’s contention that he was entitled to a peremptory charge of acquittal, nor that the evidence failed to show him guilty of more than manslaughter. A number of com plaints are made of the court’s charge on self-defense and manslaughter. As affecting same and in order that appellant’s view…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. French v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934

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