JACKSON v. STATE

No. 01-05-00814-CR.

248 S.W.3d 369 (2007)

Bezaley Vernon Lewis JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

December 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott H. Pawgan, Habern, O'Neil, Buckley & Lang, LLP, Huntsville, TX, Tom Brown, Livingston, TX, for appellant.

Joe N. Dean, District Attorney, Groveton, TX, for appellee.

Panel consists of Justices TAFT, HANKS, and HIGLEY.


OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Bezaley Vernon Lewis Jackson, guilty of manslaughter. See TEX. PEN.CODE ANN. § 19.04 (Vernon 2003). The trial court assessed punishment at 20 years in prison. In his sole issue, appellant contends, "The trial court reversibly erred in refusing to submit to the jury Appellant's requested instructions concerning the lesser included offense of criminally negligent homicide."

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