Legal Opinion

Lovell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 25, 1939No. 20468PublishedCited by 4 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the offense of burglary, and by the jury found guilty and sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary.

There is only one bill of exceptions in the record, and that is concerned with an oral confession claimed to have been made to the officers who arrested appellant, relative to where a portion of the stolen property could be found.

It seems that some time in the month of April, 1938, Mr. Cal Evatt’s house, close to the town of May, had been burglarized and a quantity of clothing and wearing apparel had been stolen, presumptively by two persons.…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Callahan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  3. Taggart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  4. Torres v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943

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