Legal Opinion

Butcher, Charles E. Ii

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 28, 2015No. PD-1662-13Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1662-13 CHARLES E. BUTCHER, II, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS TRAVIS COUNTY J OHNSON, J., filed a dissenting opinion. DISSENTING OPINION I respectfully dissent. I believe that the court of appeals incorrectly applied the standard of review for factual sufficiency in this aggravated kidnapping case. The term “safe place” is not defined in the statute and is open to interpretation depending on the facts of each case. Therefore, the court should have considered…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. StewartMontana Supreme Court · 1977
  2. State v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1997
  3. State v. SakobieCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2003

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