PLOUGH v. STATE

No. 13-86-180-CR.

725 S.W.2d 494 (1987)

Richard PLOUGH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

February 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Lawrence, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Alfred Montelongo and Grant Jones, Dist. Attorney's Office, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and UTTER and KENNEDY, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment. At trial, he asserted the defense of insanity. On appeal, he challenges the jury's implicit finding against this affirmative defense, and argues that no rational trier of fact could have found that he failed to establish his insanity by a preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

A recitation of those facts relevant to the defense of insanity...

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