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GRIDER v. STATE

No. 06-03-00224-CR.

139 S.W.3d 37 (2004)

Randy GRIDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided June 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean M. Swanda, Swanda and Swanda, PC, Arlington, for Appellant.

John H. Stone, Dist. Atty., and William (Bill) Hill Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, for State.

Before MORRISS, C.J., ROSS and CARTER, JJ.

OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.

After a Dallas County jury rejected Randy Grider's claim of self-defense and found him guilty of the first-degree felony offense of murdering Johnny Ray Cole, Grider testified during the punishment phase of trial that he was defending himself from Cole, and that, when Cole quit fighting, Grider also quit fighting and left the scene. The jury assessed Grider's punishment at twenty-five years' imprisonment. Grider...

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