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Burnett v. State

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  • 541 S.W.3d 77

How courts have described this case

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  • holding trial court erred by submitting entire statutory intoxication definition when there was no evidence of intoxication from any substance other than alcohol
  • acknowledging that “the trial court is obliged to include in the jury charge statutory definitions that affect the meaning of elements of the crime” (citing Villarreal v. State, 286 S.W.3d 321, 329 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009))
  • stating that the charge must correspond to the facts of the case
  • acknowledging that “the trial court is obliged to include in the jury charge statutory definitions that affect the meaning of elements of the crime” (citing Villarreal v. State, 286 S.W.3d 321, 329 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009))
  • trial court must submit only portions of the statutory definition of “intoxicated” that are supported by the evidence
  • “[T]he legislature has adopted a broad definition of ‘intoxicated’ that focuses on whether a person is intoxicated and not the agent that caused it.”

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