Legal Opinion

Whorton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 8, 1913No. 2037PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARPER, Judge.

In this case appellant was prosecuted and convicted of forgery, and Presiding Judge Davidson has written an opinion reversing and remanding the case on several grounds, in none of which do we concur, but think the case should be affirmed.

We will first discuss those grounds upon which our Presiding Judge in his opinion thinks the case should be reversed. The first is, that no sufficient predicate was laid to admit the reproduction of the testimony of the witness Bryant, who had testified upon a former trial of this case. WTe think a sufficient predicate was laid and there was no…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Morales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  2. Carbough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
  3. Ripley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Parks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
  5. People v. MillerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Barber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
  3. Eads v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Dover v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Mason v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914

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