Legal Opinion
Brewer v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 20, 1923No. 7040PublishedCited by 5 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— The offense is rape; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of seven years. The adequacy of the evidence is challenged.
The law did not require that there be corroboration of the prosecutrix. Hamilton v. State, 36 Texas Crim. Rep., 772; Cook v. State, 88 Texas Crim. Rep., 659, 228 S. W. Rep., 213; Gazley v. State, 17 Texas Crim. App., 278. When the uncorroborated testimony of the prosecutrix is relied on in a case of this character, justice demands a most careful scrutiny of her testimony. On many occasions such testimony has been…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bullock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Blackmon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Dusek v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1905
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Atkins v. StateOhio Supreme Court · 1926
- Hindman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
- Holladay v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Hoyos Gómez v. Superior Court of Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1964
- Lawley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935