Legal Opinion
Walters v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 5, 2007No. PD-1952-06PublishedCited by 726 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
Appellant shot and killed his older brother. He claimed self-defense. A jury rejected that claim and found him guilty of murder. On direct appeal, appellant claimed that the trial judge erred in faffing to instruct the jury that it could consider prior verbal threats in deciding the issue of self-defense. Appellant also asserted that the trial judge violated the rule of optional completeness under Texas Rule of Evidence 107 when he allowed a 911 operator to testify that he asked appellant if he…
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