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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