Wyatt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
— Conviction for murder; punishment, fifteen years in the penitentiary.
We find in the record no statement of facts. A motion was filed to disqualify the county attorney upon the ground that he was paid by fees and not by the payment of a salary. There is nothing in the contention. Such officer performs no judicial or magisterial service in such prosecution. The authority of Ex parte Kelly, 10 S. W. (2d) 728, is not in point, nor do we find anything in Art 5, Sec. 11 of the Constitution of Texas contrary to the view we have just expressed.
We find in the record six bills of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex Parte KellyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
3Cited by1 opinion
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929