Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 18, 1961No. 32514PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

Appellant’s co-indictee Bounds testified that Selby, deceased’s husband, a patron of the massage parlor whére she worked, had on several occasions requested her to secure someone for him to “do a job” and “get rid of somebody” and instructed her to have such person “get in touch with him” if she located them. She stated that she spoke to appellant about the matter, and appellant gave her a telephone number, which in turn she gave to Selby, and appellant said that she wanted to talk to him about the job. She testified that at a later…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Washburn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. Minor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  4. Silba v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  5. Dever v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Carrillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Kunkle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Villarreal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Zamora, Jaime ArturoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013

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