Legal Opinion

Cosio, Jesus

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 14, 2011No. PD-1435-10Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-1435-10

JESUS E. COSIO, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

HIDALGO COUNTY

2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.

O P I N I O N

We hold that the trial judge's instructions to the jury permitted non-unanimous verdicts. There were several instances of sexual criminal conduct that could have satisfied the charged offenses, and the judge failed to instruct the jury that it must be unanimous about which instance of criminal conduct satisfied each charged. But we conclude that Jesus Eduardo Cosio was not egregiously…

3Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Ngo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  3. Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Posey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  5. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011

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