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5 Texas opinions name it 1 courts 2015–2024 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Bennett v. State of Texasgreen2 sentences2024See Bennett v. State, 726 S.W.2d 32 (Tex. Crim. App. 1986) (en banc). 2024See Bennett v. State, 726 S.W.2d 32 (Tex. Crim. App. 1986) (en banc). | 2 | 2 |
Pena v. Stategreen1 sentence2024See Brooks, 548 S.W.2d at 684 (finding that because there is no evidence that the deceased was making an attack or threatening an immediate attack upon a third person, the evidence could not have led the defendant to reasonably believe that his intervention was immediately necessary to 9 protect the third person); Cooper v. State, 910 S.W.2d 605, 606 (Tex. App.—Tyler 1995, no pet.) (same); Constancio, 643 S.W.2d at 156 (same); Pena v. State, 635 S.W.2d 912, 914 (Tex. App.—Eastland 1982, pet. ref’d) (same). | 1 | 1 |
Constancio v. Stategreen1 sentence2024See Brooks, 548 S.W.2d at 684 (finding that because there is no evidence that the deceased was making an attack or threatening an immediate attack upon a third person, the evidence could not have led the defendant to reasonably believe that his intervention was immediately necessary to 9 protect the third person); Cooper v. State, 910 S.W.2d 605, 606 (Tex. App.—Tyler 1995, no pet.) (same); Constancio, 643 S.W.2d at 156 (same); Pena v. State, 635 S.W.2d 912, 914 (Tex. App.—Eastland 1982, pet. ref’d) (same). | 1 | 1 |
Cooper v. Stategreen1 sentence2024See Brooks, 548 S.W.2d at 684 (finding that because there is no evidence that the deceased was making an attack or threatening an immediate attack upon a third person, the evidence could not have led the defendant to reasonably believe that his intervention was immediately necessary to 9 protect the third person); Cooper v. State, 910 S.W.2d 605, 606 (Tex. App.—Tyler 1995, no pet.) (same); Constancio, 643 S.W.2d at 156 (same); Pena v. State, 635 S.W.2d 912, 914 (Tex. App.—Eastland 1982, pet. ref’d) (same). | 1 | 1 |
Brooks v. Stategreen1 sentence2024See Brooks, 548 S.W.2d at 684 (finding that because there is no evidence that the deceased was making an attack or threatening an immediate attack upon a third person, the evidence could not have led the defendant to reasonably believe that his intervention was immediately necessary to 9 protect the third person); Cooper v. State, 910 S.W.2d 605, 606 (Tex. App.—Tyler 1995, no pet.) (same); Constancio, 643 S.W.2d at 156 (same); Pena v. State, 635 S.W.2d 912, 914 (Tex. App.—Eastland 1982, pet. ref’d) (same). | 1 | 1 |
Zuliani v. Stategreen1 sentence2023Broughton, 569 S.W.3d at 608 ; Zuliani v. State, 97 S.W.3d 589, 594 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); see also Saxton, 804 S.W.2d at 913-14 (contrasting affirmative defenses and explaining how burdens shift for self-defense). | 1 | 1 |
Saxton v. Stategreen1 sentence2023Broughton, 569 S.W.3d at 608 ; Zuliani v. State, 97 S.W.3d 589, 594 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); see also Saxton, 804 S.W.2d at 913-14 (contrasting affirmative defenses and explaining how burdens shift for self-defense). | 1 | 1 |
Morales, Jose Manuelgreen1 sentence2015Morales v. State, 357 S.W.3d 1, 8 (Tex.Crim.App.2011). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Braughton, Christopher Ernest
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1 sentence2023Broughton, 569 S.W.3d at 608 ; Zuliani v. State, 97 S.W.3d 589, 594 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); see also Saxton, 804 S.W.2d at 913-14 (contrasting affirmative defenses and explaining how burdens shift for self-defense). | 1 | 2023–2023 |