Legal Opinion
Jeffley v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided January 16, 1997No. 06-96-00008-CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRANT, Justice.
Robert Keno Jeffley was tried by a jury for the offenses of attempted murder and burglary of a habitation with intent to commit murder, was convicted of attempted murder, and appeals. Jeffley contends that (1) the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on his insanity defense and (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.
Evidence was introduced to show the following: Either late on the night of June 11 or in the early morning hours of June 12, 1995, Gloria Zachery, Jeffley’s common law wife, was in her home with their son, Cortez, and Thomas…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Stone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Duff v. YelinTexas Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Hughen v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008
- Garza v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
- Shannon Craig Parker v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2019
- Antonio Philande Nelson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
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