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Taylor v. State

On appeal, appellant argued in part that the jury charges were erroneous because they did not limit the jury's consideration to evidence of acts committed after his seventeenth birthday. The court of appeals held that the error in the jury charges deprived appellant of a fair and impartial trial. A jury charge is erroneous if it presents the jury with a much broader chronological perimeter than is permitted by law. The jury in this case could have convicted appellant based upon evidence presented, even if the proper instruction had been given and appellant's pre-17 acts were disregarded by the jury. The court of appeals erred in concluding that the error resulted in egregious harm. The court of appeal's decision is reversed and remanded. Court of Criminal Appeals, No. PD-0266-09, 03-09-2011.

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Meyers, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, P.J., and Womack, Keasler, Hervey, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Price, J., concurred. Johnson, J., dissented.

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