Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A conviction and sentence for attempted murder is affirmed where, in view of the evidence of the case at hand, defendant was not entitled to an instruction on deadly conduct despite a claim that defendant intentionally pulled the trigger on a gun he believed was unloaded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2006
• Published 03/29/2006

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard J. Gonzalez, Laredo, for Appellant., Jose Salvador Tellez II, Asst. District Atty., Laredo, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.