Legal Opinion

Romero v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 15, 1983No. 01-83-00097-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*122OPINION

BULLOCK, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder, and the jury assessed punishment at ten years incarceration. She brings two grounds of error on appeal.

In her first ground, appellant alleges error in the trial court’s refusal to grant the following requested jury instruction:

You are further instructed on the law of self-defense that a person is justified in using deadly force against another to prevent the other’s imminent commission of aggravated kidnapping, murder, rape, aggravated rape, robbery, or aggravated robbery.

You are further instructed that on the law of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  2. Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pierini v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
  2. McKee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. McKee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990

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