# Blalock v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · November 5, 1930 · 116 Tex. Crim. 615

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3918628

## Case

- **Full name:** Dock Blalock v. the State
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** November 5, 1930
- **Citations:** 116 Tex. Crim. 615; 33 S.W.2d 452; 1930 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 831
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Addendum by Lattimore
- **Judges:** Lattimore, Martin
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Passing on the case in the light of the record as it would be if we should consider a supplemental transcript showing that there was an exception taken to the failure or refusal of the lower court to charge on circumstantial evidence, — we note that the accomplice having given direct testimony showing appellant’s guilt, this obviated any necessity for a charge on circumstantial evidence. Mr. Branch states the rule at page 1040 of his Annotated P. C., as follows: “The fact that the only direct testimony comes from an accomplice witness, does not make it necessary to charge on circumstantial evidence. Wampler v. State, 28 Texas Crim. App. 353; Thompson v. State, 33 Texas Crim. Rep. 222 , and other cases are cited.
The motion for rehearing will be overruled.
Overruled.

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