Legal Opinion

Donnie Leroy Kachel v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided October 24, 2013No. 10-11-00337-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-11-00337-CR DONNIE LEROY KACHEL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee From the 19th District Court McLennan County, Texas Trial Court No. 2011-198-C1 DISSENTING OPINION I respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion because I believe that the trial court erred in denying Appellant Donnie Leroy Kachel’s request for an instruction on the lesser-included offense of indecent exposure and that Kachel was harmed by such error. A defendant’s own testimony that he committed no offense, or testimony that otherwise shows that no offense occurred at all, is…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Salinas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  5. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007

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