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Giles v. State
44 Tex. Crim. 435
| Tex. Crim. App. | 1903
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Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of eight years.

Appellant reserved an exception to the following portion of the court's charge: "If under the evidence you have a reasonable doubt as to whether the witness Luther Bruce killed the said Henrietta Giles, you should acquit him." In this case Jeff Giles was on trial for killing Henrietta Giles, and his defense was that Luther Bruce killed Henrietta *Page 436 Giles. He introduced some evidence indicating this, and the court should have charged the jury, "If under the evidence you have a reasonable doubt as to whether the witness Luther Bruce killed the said Henrietta Giles, you should acquit defendant." Bruce was not on trial, and hence the reasonable doubt did not apply to him. The court's charge was incorrect, and for this error the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Giles v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Jan 28, 1903
Citation: 44 Tex. Crim. 435
Docket Number: No. 2624.
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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