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Moore v. State

Citations

  • 739 S.W.2d 347
  • 1987 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 691

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  • holding distinction between “serious bodily injury” and “bodily injury” must be made on an ad hoc basis
  • finding no serious bodily injury where the complainant was bedridden and unable to go out for a week due to a stab wound in the back
  • noting difference between “serious bodily injury” and “bodily injury” is one of degree
  • a knife wound, even though it may be caused by a deadly weapon, is not per se serious bodily injmy
  • abrogated on other grounds by Blea v. State, 483 S.W.3d 29, 35-6 (Tex. Crim. App. 2016)
  • a knife wound, even though it may be caused by a deadly weapon, is not per se serious bodily injury

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Judges: Campbell, Clinton, Davis, Duncan, McCORMICK, Onion, Teague

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