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SMITH v. STATE

No. 1556-96.

965 S.W.2d 509 (1998)

Jerry Lee SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

March 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. Wice, Houston, for appellant.

Keli Jane Roper, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WOMACK, Judge, delivered the opinion of the court in which McCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and MEYERS, MANSFIELD, KELLER, PRICE and HOLLAND, Judges, join.

We granted review in this case to resolve some conflicts in our opinions on that aspect of the law of self-defense known as the doctrine of provocation or provoking the difficulty.

On an indictment for murder, a jury convicted the appellant of...

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