Legal Opinion

Beckham v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 10, 1940No. 20737PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

This case has been before this court on two former appeals. The first report will be found in 133 Tex. Cr. R. 206, and the second in 135 Tex. Cr. R. 338.

The conviction was had in McCulloch County and this appeal is from a two-year sentence in the penitentiary on a charge of murder.

The facts of the case are very much like those found in the former appeals except that the appellant did not take the witness stand in his own behalf in this trial. Therefore, we refer to the former reports for a more definite statement of the nature of the case.

Complaint is made because the trial…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Prater v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  2. Shipley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
  3. Beckham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1937
  4. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Beckham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941

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