Legal Opinion

Satterwhite v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 15, 1915No. 3831Published

Appeal from the District Court of Kerr. Tried below before the Hoa. R. H. Barney. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, forty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. A substantial statement of the facts in this case is contained in the opinion of the court on former appeal, reported in 77 Texas Crim. Rep., 130, 177 S. W. Rep., 959, and this, in addition to the statements made in this opinion sufficiently states the ease.

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Appeal from the District Court of Kerr. Tried below before the Hoa. R. H. Barney. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, forty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. A substantial statement of the facts in this case is contained in the opinion of the court on former appeal, reported in 77 Texas Crim. Rep., 130, 177 S. W. Rep., 959, and this, in addition to the statements made in this opinion sufficiently states the ease. On question of overruling motion for change of venue: Meyers v. State, 39 Texas Crim. Rep., 500; Gallaher v.’State, 40 id., 396; Alarcon v. State, 47 id., 415;…

1Opinion of the Court

PEENDBEGAST, PRESIDING Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and his punishment assessed at forty-five years in the penitentiary. • This is the second appeal in this case. The first is reported in 77 Texas Crim. Rep., 130, 177 S. W. Rep., 959. This last trial was had strictly in conformity with the said former opinion, and no question arises on this appeal that was held error in that. On the former trial his punishment was assessed at twentj'-five years in the penitentiary.

From the opinion on the other appeal the general features of the case can be had. On this trial the State introduced…

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  2. Tubb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  3. Mooney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
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