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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 815 S.W.2d 667
  • 1991 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 162
  • 1991 WL 111759

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that where law of parties was not properly charged, evidence must be sufficient to show that defendant personally committed all elements of offense
  • noting that application paragraph is portion of charge which authorizes jury to act
  • wherein the charge failed to apply the abstract law of parties to the facts of the case.
  • wherein the charge failed to apply the abstract law of parties to the facts of the case.
  • “[T]he application paragraph of a jury charge is that which authorizes conviction.”
  • motion for rehearing overruled this day

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Judges: McCormick, White, Miller, State, Benavides

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