Legal Opinion
Ruffin, Stephen D.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 10, 2008No. PD-1488-07Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. PD-1482-07 through PD-1489-07
STEPHEN RUFFIN, Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
CORYELL COUNTY
2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
OPINION
Appellant was charged with first-degree aggravated assault by shooting at ten police officers during an armed "standoff" on his rural property in Coryell County. He contended that he was suffering from severe delusions and believed that he was shooting at Muslims, not police officers. He intended to shoot, but not at a public servant. The trial judge excluded testimony by…
3Cases cited25 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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