Legal Opinion
Flores v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 13, 2008No. PD-0265-07PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, P.J.
in which MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.
Appellant was convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend’s twin fetuses by stepping on her abdomen, though he maintains that she also took measures to cause the deaths. Appellant raises three constitutional challenges to the capital murder statute. We hold that the statute is constitutional. In addition, appellant contends that the court of appeals erred in ruling that he was not entitled to a jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of deadly conduct. We disagree. Thus, we shall affirm the court of appeals.
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3Cases cited18 opinions
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- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Harris v. McRaeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
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4Cited by148 opinions
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