# Ballard v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · February 5, 1975 · 519 S.W.2d 426

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9767588

## Case

- **Full name:** Witmer Jean BALLARD, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** February 5, 1975
- **Citations:** 519 S.W.2d 426; 1975 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 413
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Douglas
- **Judges:** Dally, Roberts, Morrison, Douglas
- **Cited by:** 31 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9767588

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that the witness was not an accomplice because while there was evidence to show that the witness was involved in the theft of the ring, there was no evidence to show that the witness was a principal or accessory to the murder

## Opinion text

DOUGLAS, Judge
(dissenting).
The judgment should be affirmed for the reasons stated in the original opinion by Commissioner Dally.

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