Legal Opinion

Fred Yazdi v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided January 13, 2016No. 03-13-00794-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-13-00794-CR Fred Yazdi, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 26TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 12-0204-K26, HONORABLE BERT RICHARDSON, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury convicted Fred Yazdi of murder, and the trial judge assessed sentence of twenty years in prison. Yazdi contends that the trial court erred by denying his request to instruct the jury on his right to pursue an attacker and on the State’s failure to collect and preserve evidence from the scene. We will affirm the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Ngo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  4. Walters v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Rudd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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