148 Tex. Crim. 589 - Watson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The intent to kill is either presumed or established by the facts. Where the instrument used—as in the instant case— is not one which, in the mode or manner of its use, is calculated to produce death or serious bodily injury, the burden is upon the State to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, the intent to kill.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sadler v. State