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REICH-BACOT v. STATE

No. 06-95-00119-CR.

914 S.W.2d 666 (1996)

Jesus REICH-BACOT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Discretionary Review Granted April 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Abbott, Coppell, TX, for appellant.

Sue Korioth, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, Carolyn Fitz-Gerald Levin, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., and BLEIL and GRANT, JJ.

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

Jesus Reich-Bacot appeals from a jury conviction for the murder of Genovevo Manuel Martinez for which he was sentenced to confinement for life and a $10,000 fine.

On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred by refusing to charge the jury on self-defense and by excluding evidence of the victim's habit of arming himself to support the evidence of self-defense.

The victim in this case, Genovevo Manuel Martinez,...

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