Jury Instructions

Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (TCPJI) (2010) Note: Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges were updated in 2015. Chapter 3. Defenses & Special Evidentiary Charges XXVII. SELF DEFENSE / DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON / DEFENSE OF PROPERTY A. Law 3:1750 Force to Repel Force, but No Deadly Force to Prevent Ordinary Force The Penal Code allows […]

Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (TCPJI) (2010) Note: Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges were updated in 2015. Chapter 3. Defenses & Special Evidentiary Charges XXVII. SELF DEFENSE / DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON / DEFENSE OF PROPERTY A. Law 3:1745 Retreat — Presumption of Reasonableness (Post-2007) Because PC §9.31(a) and §9.32(b) are presumptions in favor of

Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (TCPJI) (2010) Note: Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges were updated in 2015. Chapter 3. Defenses & Special Evidentiary Charges XXVII. SELF DEFENSE / DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON / DEFENSE OF PROPERTY A. Law 3:1740 Retreat — Reasonable Person Standard (Pre-2007) In 2007, the Legislature passed the “Castle Doctrine” amendments to

Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (TCPJI) (2010) Note: Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges were updated in 2015. Chapter 3. Defenses & Special Evidentiary Charges XXVII. SELF DEFENSE / DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON / DEFENSE OF PROPERTY A. Law 3:1730 Limitations on Self-Defense a. Apparent Danger Instruction Because the reasonableness of the actor’s belief that force

Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (TCPJI) (2010) Note: Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges were updated in 2015. Chapter 3. Defenses & Special Evidentiary Charges XXVII. SELF DEFENSE / DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON / DEFENSE OF PROPERTY A. Law TX 3:1710 Self-Defense P.C. §9.31 Defines Self-Defense P.C. §9.32 Deadly Force in Defense of Person P.C. §9.33 Defense

Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (TCPJI) Chapter 3. Defenses & Special Evidentiary Charges XXVII. SELF DEFENSE / DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON / DEFENSE OF PROPERTY A. Law 3:1720 Burden of Proof and Persuasion The State is required to disprove self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt, but does not expressly have to refute the defendant’s self-defense evidence.