Stafford v. Texas - Removing Life Support Does Not Break Causation

Albert Cleveland Stafford stabbed Ricardo Martinez several times in the chest, which necessitated his being put on life support.



Stafford was readily convicted of murder.  But he appealed, arguing that it was Martinez's removal of life support that caused his death, not the stabbing.



Murder defendants often make this argument.  And they always lose.  Here too.  Yesterday, the Texas Court of Appeals for the 13th District affirmed Stafford's conviction.