Legal Opinion

Goad, Joshua Lee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 9, 2011No. PD-0435-11PublishedCited by 192 opinions

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OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.

in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The Eleventh Court of Appeals reversed Joshua Lee Goad’s conviction for burglary *445of a habitation, holding that the trial judge erred by denying Goad’s request for a lesser-included-offense instruction on criminal trespass.1 We agree that Goad is entitled to an instruction on criminal trespass and therefore affirm the court of appeals’s judgment.

Background

Julie Bickle and her friend, Ami How-sey, were at Bickle’s house in Odessa one afternoon having coffee. Bickle’s eight-year-old son, who was home early from…

3Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. Bignall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  4. Aguilar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Day v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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4Cited by192 opinions

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