Legal Opinion

Cornet, Walter

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 6, 2013No. PD-0205-13Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0205-13 WALTER BRUCE CORNET, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS EL PASO COUNTY A LCALA, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. OPINION This case addresses whether a trial court’s omission of a “medical care” defensive jury instruction was harmless error.1 In the first ground in his petition for discretionary review, 1 The Texas Penal Code provides for a medical-care defense to charges of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. See TEX . PENAL CODE §§…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Posey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. Vasquez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Sanchez, OrlandoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  5. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009

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