Legal Opinion

Richardson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 31, 1995No. 2-93-439-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RICHARDS, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of the offense of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced her to twenty years’ confinement. Appellant presents two points of error on appeal.

In point of error one, appellant alleges the trial court’s1 written charge on self-defense failed to instruct the jurors to view from the defendant’s standpoint alone the facts and circumstances of the offense and appellant’s previous relationship with the deceased. In her second point of error, appellant urges the *647reformation of the judgment and sentence so as to delete the deadly weapon finding…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Polk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. State v. HansonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  5. Jones v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1985

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Roberson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2004
  2. Venhaus v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1997
  3. Gregory Bernard Washington v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2023
  4. Larry Wayne Price v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003
  5. Larry Wayne Price v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003

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