1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.3d
  4. 71 S.W.3d
  5. 71 S.W.3d 758 (2002)
 

TORRES v. STATE

No. 1321-00.

71 S.W.3d 758 (2002)

Juan Manuel TORRES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 3, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanine L. Howard, Dallas, for Appellant.

Lori L. Ordiway, Ass't DA, Dallas, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

OPINION

PRICE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

Under Tate v. State, 981 S.W.2d 189, 193 (Tex.Crim.App.1998), a defendant claiming self-defense may introduce a deceased's specific acts to show that the deceased was the first aggressor, but the specific acts must be relevant apart from their tendency to show character conformity...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases