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738 S.W.2d 287

Johnson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 14, 1987

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1987-10-14

Relies on Sheffield v. State · Johnson v. State

Decided 1987-10-14

¶1OPINION

MILLER, Judge.

¶2Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder. Punishment was assessed by the trial court at life in prison. On appeal the Houston Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Johnson v. State, 715 S.W.2d 402 (Tex.App.—Houston 1986).

¶3Appellant raises one ground of review complaining that the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the evidence did not raise the issue of self-defense so as to *288justify a jury instruction on that issue. We have reviewed the record and agree that the Court of Appeals reached the correct result in deciding this issue. Therefore, appellant’s petition for discretionary review is refused.

¶4As is true in every case where discretionary review is refused, however, this refusal does not constitute endorsement or adoption of the reasoning employed by the Court of Appeals. Sheffield v. State, 650 S.W.2d 813 (Tex.Cr.App.1983).

¶5With this understanding, we refuse appellant’s petition for discretionary review.

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