(DOWNLOAD) "Lynn Murphy Creel v. State Texas" by First District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Lynn Murphy Creel v. State Texas
- Author : First District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 18, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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Appellant was convicted of the offense of capital murder and assessed a life sentence. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, ? 19.03(a)(2). In his petition for discretionary review, he contends that the Speedy Trial Act is constitutional, the trial court erred by failing to give the requested instruction on felony murder, and the trial court erred in denying appellants jury instruction as to the factual issue whether Irene Plangman was an accomplice witness. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District affirmed the conviction holding that the Speedy Trial Act is unconstitutional. Furthermore, the appeals court held appellant failed to meet his burden of proof for an instruction on felony murder as the record reflected only evidence of an intentional killing, and the... trial court did not err in refusing to charge the jury on Plangmans complicity as an accomplice witness as the evidence adduced at trial failed to show Plangman participated with appellant to any extent making her amenable to prosecution as a party. Creel v. State, 710 S.W.2d 120 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 1986). We will affirm.