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Title: Betty Thornton Lawrence v. State Texas
Author : Third District, Austin Court of Appeals of Texas
Release Date : January 06, 1985
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 80 KB

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Appellant was convicted by a jury for the offense of murder. V.T.C.A., Peanl Code ? 19.02. The jury assessed a term of 25 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. The Austin Court of Appeals reversed appellants conviction, finding the evidence insufficient to sustain a murder conviction. The court of appeals also found that the jury charge was "fundamentally defective," see Cobarrubio v. State, 675 S.W.2d 749 (Tex.Cr.App. 1984), and ordered "the judgment of conviction for murder reversed and the indictment for murder dismissed." However, since the court of appeals further found the evidence sufficient to show voluntary manslaughter or any other lesser included offense, that court held that the dismissal of the murder indictment was "without prejudice" to further prosecution for a lesser included offense." Lawrence v. State, 699 S.W.2d 229 (Tex.App.-Austin, delivered 5-11-83, not published).