McGee v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

RAMEY, Chief Justice.

Part I

In November of 1990, we delivered an unpublished opinion reversing the conviction in this case and ordering an acquittal. That ruling resulted from our conclusion, following our review of the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, that “rational jurors could not have found that the State disproved Appellant’s claim of self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt.”

The Court of Criminal Appeals by a per curiam opinion vacated our judgment and remanded this cause for reconsideration of the self-defense issue in light of Saxton v. State, 804…