Legal Opinion

Alexander v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 28, 1934No. 16570PublishedCited by 12 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

KRUEGER, Judge. —

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of incest, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of 8 years.

The statement of facts in this case covers 104 pages and the transcript, which is very voluminous, contains 77 bills of exception, but we deem it unnecessary to consider each of these in detail. The testimony as adduced by the State, briefly stated, is a follows: Mollie Mae Alexander, the prosecuting witness in this case, is the granddaughter of the appellant, R. L. Alexander, and the daughter of Alvin Alexander, who is the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gillespie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Alford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
  4. Phelps v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  5. Phillips v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942

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