47 Tex. Crim. 240 - Becknell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The last insistence of appellant is that the court erred in failing to charge on negligent homicide. The issue is not in the case. As stated above, the court told the jury that, if the child was killed by negligence, to acquit defendant. This was as favorable as defendant could ask.””

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