Legal Opinion
Dimery v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 9, 1951No. 25196PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAVES, Presiding Judge.
The conviction is for the nighttime burglary of the residence of D. R. (Donald) Stallknecht, Jr., with intent to commit theft; the punishment was assessed at five years in the penitentiary.
In the early hours of October 16, 1949, Mrs. Stallknecht was awakened in her bed by the breathing of someone leaning over her. Her scream awakened her husband, who got his gun and repeatedly fired at the intruder as he fled from the house. Neither Mrs. Stallknecht nor her husband was able to identify the intruder ; the only description given by Mrs. Stallknecht was that “it was the…
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