Legal Opinion
Farrakhan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 12, 2008No. PD-1984-06PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · HolcombHolcomb, J.
in which MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, and COCHRAN, JJ„ joined.
In this case, we must determine whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the misdemeanor offense of fleeing 1 is not a lesser-included offense of the felony offense of evading detention with a motor vehicle. 2 We affirm.
Background 3
Appellant was indicted for the state felony offense of evading detention by the use of a motor vehicle. On November 15, 2004, he was tried before a Harris County petit jury. At the close of the evidence, at the State’s request and over appellant’s objection, the trial court charged the jury…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Jacob v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Hayward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
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4Cited by57 opinions
- Cavazos, AbrahamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
- Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
- Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
- McKithan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
- State of Texas v. Meru, MarkCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
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