# Hullum v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · May 24, 1967 · 415 S.W.2d 192

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9858437

## Case

- **Full name:** R. C. HULLUM, Jr., Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** May 24, 1967
- **Citations:** 415 S.W.2d 192; 1967 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1092
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Morrison
- **Judges:** McDonald, Belcher, Morrison
- **Cited by:** 160 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

MORRISON, Judge
(dissenting).
This Court has had this case under submission for more than a year, and five opinions have been written prior to the one we hand down today. One of the grounds for reversal set forth in the majority opinion is that complainant’s testimony was “equivocal, uncertain and conflicting.” In this connection I point out that prior to this opinion this Court found no difficulty in understanding complainant’s testimony.
A jury has heard the complainant testify, and they believed her testimony. Judge McAngus has heard her testify twice and has certified to this Court that she “testified truthfully on the main trial.”
I find myself in agreement with Mr. Justice Reed of the Supreme Court of the United States when he said in Stoll v. *201 Gottlieb, 305 U.S. 165, 172 , 59 S.Ct. 134, 138 , 83 L.Ed. 104, 109 , “It is just as important that there should be a place to end as that there should be a place to begin litigation.” In the case at bar, in my judgment, the “place to end” has long since passed.
I respectfully dissent to the granting of appellant’s second motion for rehearing.

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