Opinion

McVicker v. State

  • 137 Tex. Crim. 376
  • 129 S.W.2d 650
  • 1939 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 431
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
May 24, 1939
Status
Published
Author
Krueger
On the bench
Hawkins, Krueger
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 1.3%

The opinion

ON appellant’s motion for rehearing.

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant, in his motion for a rehearing, earnestly insists that this court erred in declining to sustain his contention that the trial court erred in failing to submit his special requested instruction on the law of circumstantial evidence.

If the State’s case had rested wholly upon circumstantial evidence, then his position would be well taken, but such is not the case. Consequently, the failure of the trial court to give said instruction or one of like import was not error. See Wilson v. State, 133 Tex. Crim. Rep., 347; 111 S. W. (2d), 261 ; Tyner v. State, 133 Tex. Crim. Rep., 170; 109 S. W. (2d), 197 ; Boyd v. State, 117 S. W. (2d) 457 .

The motion for a rehearing is overruled.

The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

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