Legal Opinion

Fielder v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 23, 1985No. 2-82-253-CRPublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JOE SPURLOCK, II, Justice.

Appellant, Pamela Ruth McGoldrick Fielder, shot and killed her husband, Darwin Fielder, on July 23, 1981, at their home in Fort Worth, Texas. On her plea of not guilty to the offense of murder, she was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The jury assessed punishment at two years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We affirm.

Fielder raises nine grounds of error on appeal. As none challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, the facts of the case will be reviewed only in regard to her grounds of error.

In ground of error one, Fielder contends that she was…

2Cases cited81 opinions

  1. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Kathy Thomas v. Dorothy ArnCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  4. State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Werner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. State v. FurutaniHawaii Supreme Court · 1994
  3. State v. HennumSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  4. Robinson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992
  5. Kelly v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990

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