Legal Opinion

Mason v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 9, 1921No. 5699PublishedCited by 47 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of three years.

This is thé second appeal in this case. The case on the other appeal is reported in 85 Texas Crim. Rep., 254. The facts are sufficiently stated in that opinion, and it will be unnecessary to repeat them here.

Many questions are raised by appellant which we will not discuss at" length. We think there is no merit in the bills which challenge the correctness of the trial court’s action in admitting the dying declaration in evidence, and the testimony of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  2. Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  3. Mason v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  4. Hughes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915

3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  2. Bennett v. State of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  4. McElroy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Stanley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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