MACIEL, BETHANY GRACE v. the State of Texas

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0458-23 BETHANY GRACE MACIEL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee ON APPELLANT’S AND STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS BRAZOS COUNTY MCCLURE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which HERVEY, RICHARDSON, NEWELL, YEARY, WALKER, and SLAUGHTER, JJ., joined. KEEL, J., concurred. KELLER, P.J., dissented. This case addresses whether a trial court’s omission of a necessity defensive jury instruction was harmless error. Following Appellant’s conviction, the court of appeals affirmed the trial…