Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A conviction for murdering defendant's pregnant girlfriend's twin fetuses by stepping on her abdomen is affirmed where the capital murder statute is constitutional, and the court of appeals did not err in ruling that he was not entitled to a jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of deadly conduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/13/2008
• Published 02/13/2008

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jay Brandon, San Antonio, for Appellant., Art Bauereiss, Asst. District Atty., Lufkin, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.