Legal Opinion

Selman v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 11, 1984No. 07-81-0023-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

ON REMAND

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

On original submission, we reversed the judgment decreeing appellant Sam Sel-man’s conviction for voluntary manslaughter because the court’s charge was fundamentally defective for authorizing his conviction on a theory not alleged in the indictment, but we declined to entertain appellant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence until the jury has had the opportunity to evaluate it under correct instructions. Selman v. State, 627 S.W.2d 543 (Tex.App.—Amarillo 1982, pet’n granted). Upon granting the State’s petition for discretionary review, the Court of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Houston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Hankins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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