Legal Opinion
Chiles v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided August 22, 2001No. 10-00-004-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRAY, Justice.
Darrell Dewayne Chiles was indicted for the attempted capital murder of his estranged wife. The indictment contained three enhancement paragraphs, alleging non-sequential prior convictions of aggravated robbery and murder. Chiles pled not guilty and raised the defense of insanity. The jury rejected the defense and convicted him of the lesser included offense of kidnaping. During the punishment phase, Chiles pled true to the enhancement counts of the indictment. He also requested an instruction regarding diminished capacity as a mitigating factor in the jury charge on…
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- Pondexter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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