# Petty v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · November 29, 1961 · 171 Tex. Crim. 617

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9668634

## Case

- **Full name:** Roscos Petty v. State
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** November 29, 1961
- **Citations:** 171 Tex. Crim. 617; 352 S.W.2d 285
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Woodley
- **Judges:** Morrison, Woodley
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge,
(concurring).
I concur in the affirmance of this conviction because appellant was not in custody, but was on bond, and because the question of his absence at the hearing on his motion for new trial is not raised.

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