Legal Opinion

Cavarrubio v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 28, 1954No. 26968PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

’MORRISON, Judge.

The’offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, tWÓ • years.

The state’s witnesses testified that the appellant, without provocation, shot Ishmel Bustillios three times while at a drinking establishment, that one bullet severed his spinal column, as the' fésult of which the injured party was totally and permanently paralized from the shoulders down. According to these witnesses, there had been no prior difficulty between the parties and the injured party made no hostile gesture prior to being shot.

Appellant and his witnesses testified that the injured party had…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Faulkner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1901
  2. Elizondo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  3. Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  4. Eckels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
  5. Hurst v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Ramos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Conrado Vela v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. Vela v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Salazar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  5. Salazar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

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