Martinez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

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1. “Our law provides that a person commits murder if he intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual. A person commits capital murder if he murders a peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty and who the person knows is a peace officer. A person commits an offense if, with specific intent to commit an offense, he does an act amounting to more than mere preparation that tends, but fails, to effect the commission of the offense intended. This is an attempt to commit an offense. A Texas Ranger is a peace officer. A person intentionally or with intent, with respect to the nature of his conduct or to circumstances surrounding his conduct when it is his conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result. [[Image here]] "Mere presence alone will not make a person a party to an offense. A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if, acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offense. [[Image here]] Now, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 13th day of January, 1985, in Hopkins County, Texas, the defendant, Michael Lynn Mills, did then and there intentionally, with the specific intent to commit the offense of capital murder of John Dendy, do an act, to-wit: intentionally shoot a gun at or in the direction of John Dendy, wh”

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