Legal Opinion

West v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 7, 1925No. 8594PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

— -From a conviction for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor with the punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary this appeal is brought.

Appellant objected to the charge because it omitted to instruct the jury that Dick Watson and Pruitt Merrill were accomplice witnesses as a matter of law, and insists that the court should either have so charged or should have submitted that issue under proper instructions to be determined by the jury. Watson admitted that he was transporting and selling intoxicating. liquor; that he had gone to Somerville County for the purpose of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Neely v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
  2. Deatherage v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  4. Day v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  2. Duffey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  3. Burns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  4. Neeley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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