Legal Opinion

Moon v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 25, 1959No. 30936PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

*15The evidence reflects without conflict that the appellant came upon two men and a boy who were target shooting in a rural section of Harris County and asked permission to fire their pistol. When he was given the pistol, he turned it on the three and marched them to a nearby woods where he shot and killed all of them after having taken their money. Following this, appellant masked himself and left the scene, encountering some young women on horseback at whom he made threatening gestures with his rifle. Upon his return home,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  3. Kizzee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  4. Slater v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Mendez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  3. Mason v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  4. Clemons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  5. Clifford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968

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