Legal Opinion

Green, Joseph Lester

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 16, 2015No. PD-0738-14Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS PD-0738-14 JOSEPH LESTER GREEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS MEDINA COUNTY R ICHARDSON, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which H ERVEY, J., joined. DISSENTING OPINION I agree with the majority that the trial court erred by including in the jury charge a detailed definition of “female sexual organ” and an explicit instruction regarding what constitutes “penetration.” Instructing the jury on those terms exceeded what is allowed by Article 36.141 of the Code of Criminal…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Abdnor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  4. Walters v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Arline v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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