Legal Opinion

Dotson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 2, 2004No. 2-03-237-CRPublishedCited by 97 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I.INTRODUCTION

Appellant Tommy Eugene Dotson appeals his conviction for manslaughter. A jury found Dotson guilty of recklessly causing the death of Lori Sitko, and the trial court sentenced him to forty years’ imprisonment and made an affirmative deadly weapon finding. Dotson raises ten issues on appeal. We will affirm.

II.Factual and ProceduRal Background

On November 24, 2001, Dotson’s recreational vehicle (“RV”) was parked with its back end up against a building in a dirt lot located between the 3200 blocks of East Belknap and Race Street in Fort Worth, Texas. At…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Cain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Carmouche v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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3Cited by97 opinions

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