Legal Opinion

Huffman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 1, 2008No. PD-1539-07PublishedCited by 189 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKeller, P.J.

in which PRICE, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

We must determine whether charging the jury in the disjunctive with respect to various statutory methods of committing *904the offense of “failure to stop and render aid” resulted in a violation of the constitutional requirement that the jury’s verdict be unanimous. We conclude that these various statutory methods for committing the offense do not constitute separate offenses, but are merely alternate means of committing the same offense. Consequently, the trial judge correctly charged the jury with the different statutory methods…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Ngo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  4. Kitchens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. Vick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999

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3Cited by189 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  2. Gamboa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  4. Gonzales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  5. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011

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