Legal Opinion
Monroe v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided April 6, 1983No. 05-81-00891-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, Justice.
Appeal is taken from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. Appellant was tried on an indictment charging him with the murder of Cathy Monroe, his wife. The jury found him guilty of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter and assessed his punishment at 20 years in the Texas Department of Corrections and a fine of $10,-000.00. We affirm.
Pour grounds of error are urged on appeal: (1) the jury received “other evidence” during deliberations entitling appellant to a new trial under Tex.Code Crim.Pro.Ann. art. 40.03(7) (Vernon 1979); (2) the jurors engaged in misconduct in…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Beck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Heredia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Eckert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Sneed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Allen Levi Monroe v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Monroe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Watts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
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