Legal Opinion
Hearne v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 7, 1973No. 47556PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREEN, Commissioner.
The conviction, by a jury, is for murder with malice. The punishment, assessed by the court, is twenty-five years.
This is a companion case to Evans v. State, 500 S.W.2d 846 (judgment reversed and cause remanded October 24, 1973).
The record discloses that appellant and Billy Joe Evans, though indicted separately, were tried jointly in one trial for the murder of Iris Z. Carter in Dallas on or about August 22, 1971. This appeal is by Charles Edward Hearne as appellant.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record reflects that early in the morning of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Roberts v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hearne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Ex Parte SmithCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
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