I could see your point if the woman had smoked the cop and was hooked up for murder, but alas that is not the case.
Jury nullification is certainly worthy of specific cases, but this is not one of them. The officer was not lawfully where he was, he intentionally shot the woman. He became the unlawful aggressor in a homicide He was not following TX law nor PD policy/tactics in all of these circumstances. In the end, if jury null is applied, then it will be a miscarriage of justice.
However, we shall see.
If the kid's account is accurate then this is a *perfect* case for nullification.
The officer was not lawfully where he was...
Oh,so he was just prowling the area while off duty...in civilian clothes? Hey,thanks for telling me that...I thought that he was *in* uniform...on duty...carrying out an assignment (the welfare check) that had been ordered to complete. Well,with this new info I've changed my mind!
He was not following TX law nor PD policy/tactics in all of these circumstances.
As I've said before I reject the validity of Texas law *in this case*...assuming,that is,that the kid's account is accurate.As for policy...if that's correct then that could argue in favor of a "negligent homicide" conviction rather than "murder".