Legal Opinion
Cavazos, Abraham
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 31, 2012No. PD-1675-10PublishedCited by 347 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · MeyersMeyers, J.
in which PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
A jury found Appellant, Abraham Cava-zos, guilty of murder and imposed a punishment of twenty-eight years’ confinement and a $5,000 fine. Cavazos v. State, 329 S.W.3d 838 (Tex.App.-El Paso 2010). Appellant appealed, claiming that the trial court erred by refusing his requested jury instruction on the charge of manslaughter. Id. at 840. The court of appeals held that manslaughter is not a lesser-included offense of murder under Texas Penal Code *380Section 19.02(b)(2) and thus the trial court did not err by failing to…
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