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BENNETT v. STATE

No. PD-1350-06.

235 S.W.3d 241 (2007)

Brenda Pitts BENNETT, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

September 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Sansom, Rockwall, for Appellant.

Craig Stoddart, Assistant District Atty., Rockwall, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

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

Does a request for a jury instruction on self-defense preserve a complaint on appeal regarding the trial judge's failure to submit a jury instruction on defense of a third person? The answer is "no."

Appellant was prosecuted for assault. At trial, she objected to the trial judge's failure to include in the jury charge an instruction...

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