Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Buntion v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 2016No. AP-76,769Published

1ConcurrenceAlcala, J.

I join this Court’s majority opinion that affirms the sentence of Carl Wayne Buntion, appellant. I agree with the majority opinion’s conclusion that the trial court’s ruling properly excluded a jury instruction requested by appellant, and thus I agree with this Court’s overruling of his twenty-fifth point of error. Although I agree with this Court’s and the trial court’s view of the law that applies to appellant’s case, I also agree with appellant that there appears to be an inequity in the law. I write separately to discuss that inequity.

Appellant challenges the omission of a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
  2. Tyra v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Dixon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  4. State v. FortinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2004
  5. Hollen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003

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