Bedolla v. Texas (original by judge meyers)
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Appellant Jose Angel Bedolla was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and leaving the scene of an accident involving injury. The jury sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for the aggravated assault and a five year probated sentence and $5,000 fine for leaving the scene. Appellant appealed the trial court’s failure to include a self-defense instruction in the jury charge. The court of appeals held that the issue was not preserved for review. The issue this case presented for the Court of Criminal Appeals was whether the appellate court erred in holding that Appellant failed to preserve his complaint regarding the trial court’s refusal to submit a self-defense with deadly-force instruction because uncharged contemporaneous conduct could have given rise to a self-defense instruction. The Court of Criminal Appeals agreed with appellant's contention and reversed the court of appeals. The case was remanded for consideration of the merits of Appellant’s arguments on appeal.
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