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BENNETT v. STATE

No. 6-83-022-CR.

673 S.W.2d 396 (1984)

Donald Whitt BENNETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Discretionary Review Granted October 31, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Gibson, Dallas, for appellant.

Richard Dan Meehan, Bonham, for appellee.

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Donald Whitt Bennett was convicted of murder and sentenced to ten years confinement. Because we find that his right of self-defense as presented to the jury in the charge was improperly limited by an inapplicable charge on the law of defense of a third person, we reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new trial.

Bennett was disturbed at the relationship between his eighteen year...

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