Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 21, 1933No. 15958Published

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1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, through his counsel, in a motion for rehearing showing much research and presented in a forceful oral argument, renews his contention that the trial court was in error in. not sustaining the appellant’s position touching the charge of the court on the law of self-defense. The trial court, in instructing the jury, protected the right of the appellant to an acquittal on the ground of self-fense upon the finding of the jury from the evidence that he killed the deceased under an apprehension or fear of death or serious bodily injury. As…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Britton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  2. Andrews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Forest v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  4. Hathcock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  5. Schutz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924

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