Legal Opinion
In the Matter of A.A.B.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 11, 2003No. 10-00-035-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REX D. DAVIS, Chief Justice.
A jury adjudicated A.A.B. delinquent for stabbing another juvenile, B.J.T. The court assessed punishment at twenty-one months’ probation. A.A.B. claims in three points that the court erred by: 1) placing the burden of proving self-defense on him; and 2) improperly excluding evidence that B.J.T. was suspended from school for fighting at the time of the altercation in question (two points).
BACKGROUND
A.A.B. and B.J.T. were involved in several altercations. Their fathers agreed that the boys should settle their differences by “fighting it out.” The fathers ended…
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