Legal Opinion

Patterson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided July 24, 1997No. 05-94-01014-CRPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHAPMAN, Justice.

Appellant appeals his conviction for murder. The jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years’ confinement. In six points of error, appellant generally contends: (1) the trial court erred in entering an affirmative deadly weapon finding; (2) the trial court erred in denying appellant an instruction on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter; (3) the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to prove his intent to kill; and (4) the trial court erred in submitting a charge on the law of parties to the jury. We reform the judgment to delete the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  5. Adelman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Pierce v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2007
  2. Melissa Marie Frazier v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2003
  3. Alphonso Nickerson, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2005
  4. Alphonso Nickerson, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2005
  5. BMTP Holdings, L.P. v. City of Lorena, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2010

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