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requested special instruction in Texas

22 Texas opinions name it 3 courts 1952–2012 0 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.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Vasquez v. Stategreen
texcrimapp · 1996 · cited in 11 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2002–2009
2 sentences

2008In Vasquez v. State, 919 S.W.2d 433 (Tex.Crim.App.1996), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stated, “[w]e have interpreted articles 36.14 and 36.15 as dealing with those two distinct situations: an objection to the charge and a requested special instruction, respectively.” Id. at 435 (citing Frank v. State, 688 S.W.2d 863 (Tex.Crim.App.1985)).

2008In Vasquez v. State, 919 S.W.2d 433 (Tex.Crim.App.1996), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stated, “[w]e have interpreted articles 36.14 and 36.15 as dealing with those two distinct situations: an objection to the charge and a requested special instruction, respectively.” Id. at 435 (citing Frank v. State, 688 S.W.2d 863 (Tex.Crim.App.1985)).

411
Frank v. Stategreen
texcrimapp · 1985 · cited in 13 Texas opinions naming this issue, 1996–2009
2 sentences

2008In Vasquez v. State, 919 S.W.2d 433 (Tex.Crim.App.1996), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stated, “[w]e have interpreted articles 36.14 and 36.15 as dealing with those two distinct situations: an objection to the charge and a requested special instruction, respectively.” Id. at 435 (citing Frank v. State, 688 S.W.2d 863 (Tex.Crim.App.1985)).

2008App. 1996), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stated, "[w]e have interpreted articles 36.14 and 36.15 as dealing with those two distinct situations: an objection to the charge and a requested special instruction, respectively." Id. at 435 (citing Frank v. State, 688 S.W.2d 863 (Tex. Crim.

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Starks v. Stategreen
texapp · 2003 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
1 sentence

2012App. 1996) (“We have interpreted articles 36.14 and 36.15 as dealing with those two distinct situations: an objection to the charge and a requested special instruction, respectively.”); Starks v. State, 127 S.W.3d 127, 133 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, pet. ref’d) (“In order to preserve error relating to a jury charge, there must either be an objection or a requested charge.”).

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Loving v. Meachamgreen
texapp · 1955 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 1989–1989
1 sentence

1989This instruction read: “A blind pedestrian is not accorded any greater rights or privileges than are accorded normal pedestrians in regard to walking upon public streets and highways.” Caskey cites Loving v. Meacham, 278 S.W.2d 466, 470 (Tex.Civ.App.—Amarillo 1955) as authority for this proposition.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
Chrysler Corp. v. McMorries green
texapp · 1983
1 sentence

1993Chrysler Corp. v. McMorries, 657 S.W.2d at 862 .

11993–1993
Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. Jordan green
texapp · 1961
1 sentence

1974Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. Jordan, 351 S.W.2d 559 (Tex.Civ.App., Waco, 1961, n. w. h.).

11974–1974
Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. Whitcomb green
tex · 1942
2 sentences

1952It is to be noted that the testimony that was admissible only by way of impeachment was as to a statement made by the driver of the defendant’s ambulance, which amounted in effect to an admission of negligence charged as a ground of liability. 3 We believe that the rule announced in Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. Whitcomb, 139 Texas 467 , 163 S. W. 2d 616 , should be applied in answering the question here presented, although the evidence to which the requested special instruction was directed in that case was not evidence admitted for a limited purpose, but had been admitted and then withdra

1952It is to be noted that the testimony that was admissible only by way of impeachment was as to a statement made by the driver of the defendant’s ambulance, which amounted in effect to an admission of negligence charged as a ground of liability. 3 We believe that the rule announced in Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. Whitcomb, 139 Texas 467 , 163 S. W. 2d 616 , should be applied in answering the question here presented, although the evidence to which the requested special instruction was directed in that case was not evidence admitted for a limited purpose, but had been admitted and then withdra

11952–1952

Statutes the citing opinions construe

TX § Tex. Penal Code § 12.42 (5) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 2.01 (4) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 22.01 (4) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 9.31 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

MD 34 (1981–2018) TX 22 (1952–2012) OH 14 (1967–2001) FL 13 (1986–2019) TN 7 (1994–2016) PA 7 (1964–2024) CA 6 (2000–2025) ME 5 (1981–1989) IL 4 (2001–2017) LA 4 (1962–2007) OR 3 (2014–2023) NY 2 (1986–2021) OK 2 (1935–1986)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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