Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 13, 1986No. 3-84-200-CRPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

Appellant was convicted, in a jury trial, of the offense of murder and sentenced to 99 years. She brings nine grounds of error: the trial court erred in denying the requested instruction on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter; it erred in overruling appellant’s motion to suppress results of tests performed on the body of the deceased; the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction because the State failed to prove that appellant committed an act clearly dangerous to human life; the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction because the…

2Cases cited62 opinions

  1. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  2. Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Aguilar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Dillon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Nickerson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2002
  3. People v. HaywoodMichigan Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. Darby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. People v. DavisMichigan Court of Appeals · 1993

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