Legal Opinion

White v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 6, 2006No. PD-1787-05PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.

in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, PRICE, KEASLER, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

This is a jury-unanimity case. A jury convicted appellant of felony murder under Section 19.02(b)(3), Tex. Pen.Code, which states:

A person commits an offense if he commits or attempts to commit a felony, other than manslaughter, and in the corn’s e of and in furtherance of the commission or attempt, or in immediate flight from the commission or attempt, he commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual.

The evidence shows that appellant, driving a…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Richardson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  2. Jefferson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006

4Cited by48 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2008
  2. Contreras v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  3. Jacobsen v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2010
  4. Casey v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2011
  5. O'Brien v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018

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