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Patterson v. State

Citations

  • 46 S.W.3d 294
  • 2001 Tex. App. LEXIS 1030
  • 2001 WL 125930

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  • involving a mother’s conviction under section 22.04(a) for reckless injury to a child for failing to aid her children during their kidnapping
  • “[I]n most ineffective assistance claims, a writ of habeas corpus is essential to gathering the facts necessary to adequately evaluate such claims.”
  • where jury authorized to convict on more than one theory, general verdict of guilt may be sustained if evidence supports conviction under at least one theory
  • where jury authorized to convict on more than one theory, general verdict of guilt may be sustained if evidence supports conviction under at least one theory
  • where jury authorized to convict on more than one theory, general verdict of guilt may be sustained if evidence supports conviction under at least one theory
  • where jury authorized to convict on more than one theory, general verdict of guilt may be sustained if evidence supports conviction under at least one theory

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Judges: Day, Livingston, Richards

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