SAUNDERS v. STATE

No. 442-94.

913 S.W.2d 564 (1995)

Chance Edward SAUNDERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Morrow, Houston, for appellant.

Timothy G. Taft, Assist. Dist. Atty., Robert A. Huttash, Houston, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder under V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.02(a)(2). The jury assessed his punishment at 75 years confinement in the penitentiary. On appeal he argued, inter alia, that though the trial court had instructed the jury on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter, it erred in failing also to instruct it on...

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