Legal Opinion

McKenny v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 24, 1926No. 10096PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction in District Court of Fort Bend County for murder; punishment fixed at death.

There are five bills of exception which are not of merit enough to call for discussion. Appellant briefs only the proposition that the charge on insanity was erroneous. The exception to this charge is as follows:

“Defendant objects to paragraph 9 of the court’s charge, same being a charge of insanity, because the said charge makes it more onerous on the defendant and does not correctly charge the law on insanity, as is shown by the evidence in this case.”

Our statute, Art. 658,1925, C. C. P.,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
  2. Redman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  3. Kirby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
  4. Hogue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  5. Coffey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Washington v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Washington v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1957

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