RAMOS v. STATE

No. 01-96-00270-CR.

991 S.W.2d 430 (1999)

Marco Antonio RAMOS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

April 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances Northcutt, Houston, for Appellant.

John B. Holmes, Keli Pool Roper, Houston, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices COHEN, HEDGES, and TAFT.


Published in Part Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 90.

OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

Appellant, Marco Antonio Ramos, appeals his judgment of conviction for murder. The jury assessed 65 years in prison. We address an issue of first impression in this state—whether it is automatically reversible error for the trial court to deny a requested definition of reasonable doubt applied to a defensive issue at the punishment stage.1

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