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Dickey v. State

Citations

  • 22 S.W.3d 490
  • 1999 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 138
  • 1999 WL 1144880

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  • concluding that no actual harm from the erroneous jury charge was shown
  • concluding that no actual harm from the erroneous jury charge was shown
  • noting that during the closing arguments, the prosecutor made 46 several references to the multiple-assailants theory, despite the absence of said instruction in the charge
  • noting that during the closing arguments, the prosecutor made several references to the multiple-assailants theory, despite the absence of said instruction in the charge
  • holding there was no harm for exclusion of a multiple assailants instruction because the evidence that the deceased and another were acting in concert was ambiguous at best
  • providing a hypothetical that deadly force may be justified against a victim who only blocked the exit while other individuals brandished firearms and attacked the defendant

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Judges: Keasler, McCormick, Meyers, Mansfield, Keller, Holland, Womack, Johnson, Price

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