133 Tex. Crim. 283 - Beamon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““You are further instructed that if you find and believe under the instructions given you in this charge, and under the evidence in this case, that the defendant is guilty of murder, but have a reasonable doubt as to whether or not the defendant in committing the offense, if he did, was prompted by and acted with his malice aforethought, then you must resolve this doubt in favor of the defendant, and in such case, if you find him guilty, you cannot assess his punishment at a longer term than five years in the penitentiary.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 171 Tex. Crim. 115 - Beasley v. State

2. ““You are further charged that even though you should find the defendant guilty of murder, beyond a reasonable doubt, unless you find from all the facts and circumstances in evidence in this case, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant, in killing the deceased, if he did, was prompted and acted with his malice aforethought, as the same is hereinbefore defined, then you cannot assess any punishment for any term of years longer than five.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 Tex. Crim. 318 - Allen v. State