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- Title: State v. Lopez-Minjarez
- Author : The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Release Date : January 28, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of six counts of aggravated murder, ORS 163.095; two counts of felony murder, ORS 163.115; one count of first-degree kidnapping, ORS 163.235; one count of second-degree assault, ORS 163.175; and two counts of first-degree burglary, ORS 164.225. The jury sentenced defendant to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On appeal, he raises two assignments of error. First, defendant asserts that the trial court erred in giving the "natural and probable consequences" uniform jury instruction addressing accomplice liability. Second, defendant claims that the trial court erred in excluding expert psychological testimony that he was prone to submission to his father, the co-perpetrator in the crimes. Defendant also has filed a pro se supplemental brief in which he makes a number of other arguments. We reject defendants second assignment of error and the arguments raised in his pro se brief without discussion. For the reasons explained below, we reverse in part and remand.