Sutton v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. John C. Easton. The facts of this case are only important when considered with reference to the charge of the court. This contains no reference to the facts in evidence, but covers some seven pages of the record, and, consisting chiefly of extracts from the code, is omitted.
1Opinion of the Court
Devine, Associate Justice.
The appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and seeks to reverse the judgment on the following grounds: 1st. The errors in the charge of the court; 2d. The refusal to give the several instructions asked for defendant; and 3d. The refusal of the judge to grant a hew trial on the grounds set forth in defendant’s motion.
While we are not satisfied that there was error in the charge, it is deemed proper to remark that the jurors should have, in criminal eases, their minds directed to the principal questions in the case, and should have the law applicable…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Arthur v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1848
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- Lunsford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1876
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