MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 04-01-00135-CR.

87 S.W.3d 663 (2002)

Fernando MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

June 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Langlois, Law Offices of Richard E. Langlois, San Antonio, for appellant.

Susan D. Reed, Criminal District Attorney, Edward F. Shaughnessy, III, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, San Antonio, for appellee.

Sitting: CATHERINE STONE, Justice, PAUL W. GREEN, Justice, SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.


Opinion by: SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

A jury found defendant, Fernando Martinez, guilty of murder and assessed punishment at twenty years' confinement. The defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence; instead, he raises two procedural complaints: the trial court committed reversible error (1) by denying his request for a jury charge on the lesser-included offense of criminally negligent homicide and (2) by denying him the opportunity to present...

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