Legal Opinion

Grounds v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 30, 1940No. 21193PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary, upon a plea of guilty, and was by the jury assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary.

There are no bills of exception in the record, and the only complaint we find therein is relative to the sufficiency of the testimony to show appellant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. This proposition might have given us concern, were.it not for the fact that after having received a proper warning, the appellant “persisted in pleading guilty.”

The trial court was not vitally concerned with the quantum of proof herein; the main proposition…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  2. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  5. Bunch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Darden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Ring v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  4. Glenn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969

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