Legal Opinion

Alfaro v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided October 6, 2010No. 04-09-00684-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by:

KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

Keith J. Alfaro was charged with assault with bodily injury, resisting arrest, and evading arrest. The jury found him not guilty on the assault with bodily injury charge, but guilty on the resisting arrest and evading arrest charges. Alfaro appeals his convictions and, in one issue, contends the trial court erred in denying his requested charge on the defense of mistake of fact. We find no error and affirm the trial court’s judgments.

Standard of Review

In reviewing jury charge error, we first determine whether there is error in the jury charge. Durden…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Hamel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Hayes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  4. Lynch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Durden v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2009

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