Legal Opinion

Perez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 2, 1943No. 22533PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an aggravated assault and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the county jail for a period of 180 days and a fine of $100.00, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

The only question presented for review relates to the court’s action in failing to instruct the jury on the issue of temporary insanity produced by the voluntary recent use of ardent spirits, and in declining to give appellant’s special requested instruction on the subject. If there is sufficient evidence, although feeble, *243to raise the issue, then the court should have…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  2. Matterson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  3. Wills v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
  4. Sparks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1887

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Montgomery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. McCune v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  4. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Hart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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