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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