Reich-Bacot v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

GRANT, Justice.

Jesus Reich-Bacot was convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life and a $10,000 fine. On appeal, this court found that the trial judge erred by failing to instruct the jury on self defense. 1 The Court of Criminal Appeals vacated our judgment and remanded the case so that we could conduct a harm analysis of the error under the authority of Hamel v. State, 2 which was decided by the Court of Criminal Appeals after our initial opinion in this case.

Reich-Bacot was first convicted in 1988, and appealed to the Dallas Court of Appeals. 3 That court…