Luevanos v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Luevanos v. State

252 S.W.2d 179, 157 Tex. Crim. 623, 1952 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1914

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas

DecidedJune 28, 1952

Docket25941

StatusPublished

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Luevanos v. State, 252 S.W.2d 179, 157 Tex. Crim. 623, 1952 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1914 (Tex. 1952).

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BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a penalty of ten years in the penitentiary on a charge of sodomy.

Appellant, a nineteen year old boy of Mexican descent, lived in El Paso making his home with an aunt. At the same time, he was enlisted in the service and stationed near the city. He was on leave and visiting in the home of his aunt, who lived neighbor to the injured party whose mother testified in the case. The victim, a boy five and a half years of age, was not permitted to testify and the state relied upon the res gestae state[624]*624ments of the child as related to the jury by the mother. It will not be necessary to state the revolting facts. Even though circumstantial in nature, the evidence is amply sufficient to sustain the jury verdict. In addition to that, a written confession was introduced in evidence, the voluntary nature of which was not challenged. Appellant testified in his own behalf and gave a story quite different from that revealed by the written confession.

The first Bill of Exception complains of the failure of the court to permit the appellant to plead guilty before him without a jury. The qualification to the bill places a different light on this to that recited in the bill and we must be guided by the bill in the light of such qualification. No error is shown by the bill.

Bill of Exception No. 2 presents a claim that the evidence is insufficient. We cannot sustain this contention.

Bill of Exception No. 3 presents no question requiring consideration.

Reliance for reversal of the case is had chiefly on Bill of Exception No. 4. Appellant was testifying in his own behalf. He had applied for suspended sentence and had given testimony in support of this plea. The district attorney asked bim about being absent without official leave from the Air Force. As we understand the qualification embraced in the court’s approval of the bill, the several questions asked on the subject were proper cross-examination on matters testified to by him in chief. If any such questions were immaterial or harmful, they are not particularly pointed out by the bill and we could not tell whether complaint is made of one particular question or as to the result of a group of questions. The bill is therefore indefinite. The trial court was certainly correct in a portion of his rulings, and we are not in position to say from the bill that the complaint was directed at any question which might be inadmissible. The bill cannot be sustained.

We find no ground for reversal and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

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BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a penalty of ten years in the penitentiary on a charge of sodomy.

Appellant, a nineteen year old boy of Mexican descent, lived in El Paso making his home with an aunt. At the same time, he was enlisted in the service and stationed near the city. He was on leave and visiting in the home of his aunt, who lived neighbor to the injured party whose mother testified in the case. The victim, a boy five and a half years of age, was not permitted to testify and the state relied upon the res gestae state[624]*624ments of the child as related to the jury by the mother. It will not be necessary to state the revolting facts. Even though circumstantial in nature, the evidence is amply sufficient to sustain the jury verdict. In addition to that, a written confession was introduced in evidence, the voluntary nature of which was not challenged. Appellant testified in his own behalf and gave a story quite different from that revealed by the written confession.

The first Bill of Exception complains of the failure of the court to permit the appellant to plead guilty before him without a jury. The qualification to the bill places a different light on this to that recited in the bill and we must be guided by the bill in the light of such qualification. No error is shown by the bill.

Bill of Exception No. 2 presents a claim that the evidence is insufficient. We cannot sustain this contention.

Bill of Exception No. 3 presents no question requiring consideration.

Reliance for reversal of the case is had chiefly on Bill of Exception No. 4. Appellant was testifying in his own behalf. He had applied for suspended sentence and had given testimony in support of this plea. The district attorney asked bim about being absent without official leave from the Air Force. As we understand the qualification embraced in the court’s approval of the bill, the several questions asked on the subject were proper cross-examination on matters testified to by him in chief. If any such questions were immaterial or harmful, they are not particularly pointed out by the bill and we could not tell whether complaint is made of one particular question or as to the result of a group of questions. The bill is therefore indefinite. The trial court was certainly correct in a portion of his rulings, and we are not in position to say from the bill that the complaint was directed at any question which might be inadmissible. The bill cannot be sustained.

We find no ground for reversal and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

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