Legal Opinion
Lockard v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided March 28, 2012No. 07-10-00430-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MACKEY K. HANCOCK, Justice.
Appellant, John K. Lockard, appeals his conviction for murder and resulting ninety-seven-year sentence. On appeal, he complains that the trial court violated his rights to due process and due course of law by refusing to answer a jury question regarding consequences of a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. We will affirm.
Factual and Procedural History
On March 1, 2008, appellant called 911 to report that he had shot his ninety-four-year-old grandfather in the head with a shotgun. Appellant raised the defense of insanity at his murder trial. The jury…
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