Legal Opinion

Jennings, Delvetra Lasherl

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 2010No. PD-0261-09Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0261-09

DELVETRA LASHERL JENNINGS, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS

HALE COUNTY

Cochran, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Meyers, Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey and Holcomb, JJ., joined. Keller, P.J., filed a concurring opinion.

OPINION

This case presents a simple question: is the verdict form a part of the jury charge? (1) It is. Therefore, if the verdict form contains mistakes or omissions, those errors are analyzed for harm under the Almanza (2)…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Olivas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  3. Callins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Hegar v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999
  5. Oates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907

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