Legal Opinion
Gamino, Cesar Alejandro
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 27, 2017No. PD-0227-16PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · RichardsonRichardson, J.
in which Keller, P. J., and Alcala, Yeary, Keel, and Walker, JJ. joined.
Appellant, Cesar Alejandro Gamino, was convicted of the offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.1 The Second Court of Appeals reversed Appellant’s conviction and remanded his case for a new trial, holding that the trial court erred by refusing Appellant’s request for a jury charge on self defense.2 We agree that Appellant was entitled to a self defense charge. We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.
Background
According to the State’s evidence presented at Appellant’s trial, around 1:30 a.m. on…
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