Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2/27/1985

Bradley v. State

Citations

688 S.W.2d 847
1985 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1228

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discussing the estoppel rule that if a defendant requests or does not object to the lesser-included offense instruction, he is estopped from complaining on appeal that the evidence is insufficient to establish the elements of the lesser-included offense
evidence of confrontation between appellant and the deceased just prior to the murder did not raise the issue of sudden passion because there was no testimony from any source to indicate appellant became enraged, resentful, or terrified immediately prior to the shooting
“By invoking the benefit of the lesser included offense at trial in not objecting to its submission to the jury, an accused will be estopped from then complaining on appeal that the evidence failed to establish all the elements of the offense.”

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Judges: Clinton, Miller, Teague, Campbell, White, Onion, Davis

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