Legal Opinion

Burgess v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 13, 1920No. 5889PublishedCited by 19 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of-bigamy, in the District Court of Johnson County, and his punishment fixed at three years confinement in the penitentiary. The facts will sufficiently appear in the opinion.

When the case was called for trial, a motion was presented, asking that the indictment be quashed, which motion was granted as to the first count, but overruled as to the second count in the indictment. It is now urged, that said second count is bad. Same appears to be as follows: “And the grand jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present in and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Liegois v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Easter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. Sparkman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  3. Enix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  4. Adkins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
  5. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935

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