Legal Opinion
Dickey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 15, 1999No. 1947-98Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
22 S.W.3d 490 (1999)
Ervin Jerome DICKEY, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Texas.
No. 1947-98.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
December 15, 1999.
Roland B. Moore, III, Houston, for appellant.
Keli Pool Roper, Assist. DA, Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
Before the court en banc.
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J., joined by McCORMICK, P.J., Meyers, Mansfield, Keller, and Holland, J.J.,
Ervin Dickey's defense at trial was that he was attacked by multiple assailants. The trial court did not charge the jury on this defense. Today we must decide whether the trial court's failure to give Dickey's requested instruction on multiple assailants was harmless error. We conclude…
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- O'NEAL v. McAninchSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Abdnor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Arline v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Booth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
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