Legal Opinion

Wilkinson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 3, 1968No. 40889PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery with firearms; the punishment, twenty-five years.

Insanity as a defense was interposed by appellant.

Witnesses were called by the state and the appellant, including two psychiatrists, who testified on the issue.

The jury, in their verdict, found appellant sane at the time of trial and that he was sane at the time of the alleged offense and guilty of the offense of robbery, as charged in the indictment.

Appellant urges as error that portion of the court’s charge on insanity which gave application to the “right and wrong” test of insanity, under the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Charles Wallace Brooks v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  2. Ross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  3. Melvin W. Greer v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. Freeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  5. Xanthull v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Whitmore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Lackey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Ring v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970

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