Louis v. State (Original)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of capital murder for the death of his girlfriend's two-year-old son. The court of appeals determined that the evidence was legally insufficient to prove that defendant intentionally or knowingly caused the death of the child and, accordingly, reversed the capital murder conviction and acquitted defendant of that charge. That court also determined that there was jury-charge error and remanded the case for a new trial on the lesser-included offense that had been included in the jury charge. The court subsequently granted review of all seven grounds raised by the state prosecuting attorney's petition. The court overruled grounds one through six and dismissed ground seven, affirming the judgment of the court of appeals.
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