Barcenes v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding defendant charged with murder, a result-of-conduct offense, is entitled to have definitions of “intentionally and knowingly” limited to result only language, but finding the error harmless
• finding sufficient evidence defendant “caused” infant’s death where (1) infant died from “massive blunt trauma to the head,” (2) defendant had sole custody and care of the infant at the time of injury, (3) defendant’s version of events was medically discredited, and (4
• criminally negligent homicide instruction unsupported when evidence would not have placed reasonable person on notice that child would die as result of fall
• criminally negligent homicide instruction unsupported when evidence would not have placed reasonable person on notice that child would die as result of fall

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).