Legal Opinion

Ex parte Davis

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 14, 1930No. 13603Published

1Opinion of the CourtLattimore, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the dis-. triet court of Eastland county denying bail.

It is true that upon a trial of this case in the court below a death penalty was assessed, but upon appeal to this court the *166judgment of conviction was reversed. Davis v. State, 26 S.W.(2d) 649, opinion handed down April 2, 1930. The record before this court upon that appeal showed a number of ¡jurors to be for a-less punishment than death, and that the verdict arrived at was based upon much misconduct on the part of the jurors in discussing other cases and matters which had no proper place in their…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  2. Ex Parte P. W. HowardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Ex Parte HowardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  4. N. Nigro Co. v. Globe Fruit Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1927

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