Legal Opinion

Saunders v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided November 9, 1989No. 13-88-363-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder and made an affirmative finding on the use of a deadly weapon. The jury assessed as punishment seventy-five years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. By five points of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, and he contends the trial court erred in failing to submit a requested charge on criminally negligent homicide, and abused its discretion in failing to allow defense counsel either to ask certain questions during voir dire or to inform the jury of the State’s…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Royster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Allridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. Dues v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Saunders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Saunders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  3. Maddux v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. S.D.W., Matter OfCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. Hilla v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992

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