Legal Opinion

Fischer v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 3, 1962No. 34714PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is under Art. 1295, V.A.P.C., for sending an anonymous letter; the punishment, one month in jail and a fine of $250.

The state’s testimony shows that the prosecuting witness and her two women companions lived in a house located across the street from appellant’s residence. On the evening of December 28, 1960, after the prosecuting witness, who was employed at a Veterans Administration Hospital, and her two companions returned home from work, one of the women went to the mail box around 6 p.m., and found a letter marked “ ‘personal’ ” and

addressed “ ‘To the one who is…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bradfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. Belk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Woodson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  2. Gibbs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. Kramer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Kramer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Woodson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992

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