Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 18, 1942No. 21988Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was convicted upon a charge that he possessed a certain amount of intoxicating liquor for sale. Officers with a search warrant went on the premises and there found intoxicating liquor in a quantity and under circumstances which would make a prima facie case against appellant and warrant the jury in finding that he possessed the same for sale.

Appellant’s first bill of exception complains of the failure of the court to grant his special requested charge number one submitting to the jury the law of circumstantial evidence. Under the authority of Shaffer v. State, 124…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Buchanan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  2. Terry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Fromm v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Bickerstaff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  5. Shaffer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939

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