Second Court of Appeals

Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of June 13, 2016.

NOTE: Summaries are prepared by the court's staff attorneys and law clerks for public information only and reflect his or her interpretation alone of the facts and legal issues. The summaries are not part of the court's opinion in the case and should not be cited to, quoted, or relied upon as the opinion of the court.

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In re Sloan, No. 02-15-00198-CV (June 16, 2016) (Livingston, C.J., joined by Gardner and Gabriel, JJ.).

Held: A surviving spouse’s constitutional homestead right in a decedent spouse’s separate property, allowing the surviving spouse to live at the property for the remainder of that spouse’s life, reduces the property’s fair market value because it affects what a willing buyer would pay a willing seller for the property.

Wright v. State, No. 02-15-00203-CR (June 16, 2016) (Dauphinot, J., joined by Gardner and Gabriel, JJ.).

Held: Appellant committed a series of voluntary acts that culminated in her shooting the complainant. She was therefore not entitled to an instruction on voluntary conduct.