Legal Opinion

Hagens v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided December 3, 1998No. 14-96-00868-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

AMIDEI, Justice.

Mesha Lanique Hagans was indicted for murder and appeals her conviction by a jury for the lesser included offense of manslaughter. The jury assessed her punishment at ten years imprisonment. In her first nine points of error, appellant contends she received ineffective assistance to counsel. In her remaining three points of error, appellant contends the trial court erred: (10) in denying her request for a jury instruction on necessity; (11) in commenting on the weight of the evidence; and (12) in denying her second motion for a new trial. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND.

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. State v. GonzalezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Cannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Oldham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Davila v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  2. Licon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2003
  3. Morrison v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2004
  4. In Re Pettigrew, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2009
  5. Alvin Wesley Prine Jr. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016

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