Dabrett Montreal Black v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-22-00147-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG DABRETT MONTREAL BLACK, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On appeal from the 87th District Court of Freestone County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Silva and Peña Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Contreras Appellant Dabrett Montreal Black appeals his conviction for capital murder. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03. Black argues that (1) the trial court erred by denying his requested self-defense instruction, (2) the presence of uniformed law…