[Download] "Michael Albert Gold v. State Texas" by Fourteenth District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Michael Albert Gold v. State Texas
- Author : Fourteenth District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 23, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
Description
Appellant was indicted for the offense of murder. The indictment alleged he intentionally or knowingly caused the death of Ronald Kopp, a longtime friend whom he had discovered in a motel room with his wife. There was no dispute at trial that the issue of sudden passion arising from an adequate cause had been raised by the evidence, and thus the jury was charged in accordance with our decision in Cobarrubio v. State, 675 S.W.2d 749 (Tex.Cr.App. 1983), requiring a finding of the absence of sudden passion beyond a reasonable doubt before a verdict of murder could be reached. Bradley v. State, 688 S.W.2d 847 (Tex.Cr.App. 1985). Having apparently made such a finding, the jury found appellant guilty of murder, and assessed his punishment at thirty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.