Legal Opinion
Murphy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 31, 1968No. 40927PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is theft with two prior convictions alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life imprisonment.
Appellant’s first ground of error is that there was a variance between the name of the injured party alleged in the indictment and that proven. The indictment alleged Bill Upchurch as being the injured party. In response to the question, “For purposes of the record will you tell us your name and occupation?”, the witness answered, “Bill Upchurch, self-employed, Humble Service Station (which was later identified as the service station in question.)” Later, on…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Koll v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Ash v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Irvin Goodspeed v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Muro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Hathorne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Charles Donald Murphy v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- William Johnson, Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- State Ex Rel. Holmes v. SalinasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
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