TRUJILLO v. STATE

No. 01-04-01044-CR.

227 S.W.3d 164 (2006)

Christian Rafael TRUJILLO, Appellant, v. The STATE of TEXAS, Appellee.

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

Discretionary Review Refused June 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Smith, Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Alan Curry, Assistant District Attorney, Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices TAFT, KEYES, and HANKS.


OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

The State indicted appellant, Christian Rafael Trujillo, for murder. The jury found him guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter and assessed punishment at 17 years in prison. See TEX. PEN.CODE ANN. § 19.04(a) (Vernon 2003). In four issues presented for review, appellant argues that (1) the trial court erred in refusing to provide an instruction on the lesser included offense of criminally negligent...

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