ALKAYYALI, TAREQ v. the State of Texas

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0290-23 TAREQ ALKAYYALI, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SECOND COURT OF APPEALS TARRANT COUNTY PARKER, J., filed a dissenting opinion. DISSENTING OPINION The plurality opinion frames the question in this case as whether egregious harm occurs if the jury charge “fails to require the State to prove every contested element of an offense beyond a reasonable doubt.” But that is not the correct question in this case. Here, the jury charge in fact required the State to prove every element of the…