· 1/25/2012
Kirsch, Scott Alan
Citations
- 357 S.W.3d 645
- 2012 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 142
- 2012 WL 204280
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the jury should have been free to decide on its own whether the evidence showed that the defendant was “operating” a motor vehicle
- holding that the jury should have been free to decide on its own whether the evidence showed that the defendant was “operating” a motor vehicle
- holding that, in a driving-while-intoxicated trial, whether appellant was operating his motorcycle was a question of fact to be resolved by the jury
- holding that, in a driving-while-intoxicated trial, whether appellant was operating his motorcycle was a question of fact to be resolved by the jury
- holding that the jury should have been free to decide on its own whether the evidence showed that the defendant was “operating” a motor vehicle
- holding that a court’s inclusion of a non-statutory definition of ‘operate’ in a written jury charge usurped the jury’s fact-finding power
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