Legal Opinion

Masten v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 22, 1925No. 8758PublishedCited by 7 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BERRY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Cooke county for the offense of incest and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for the maximum penalty of ten years.

The Statement of Facts covers more than two hundred pages, and the transcript is indeed very voluminous. There is a great deal of testimony in the record that borders very closely indeed on the immaterial. There are many objections and exceptions preserved in the record, both to the introduction of testimony and to the other matters occurring on the trial, but we do not deem it necessary to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Stanchel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Gillespie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
  3. Burford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  4. Yutze v. CopelanOhio Court of Appeals · 1923
  5. Snyder v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rd.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1927

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McFarlane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  2. Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  3. Sanders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
  4. Franklin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  5. Tindall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

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