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BROWN v. STATE

No. 09-08-00242-CR.

296 S.W.3d 371 (2009)

Lonnie BROWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided September 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. "Lum" Hawthorn, Zack Hawthorn, Hawthorn & Hawthorn, P.C., Beaumont, for appellant.

Tom Maness, Rodney D. Conerly, Special Prosecutors, Crim. Dist. Atty's, Beaumont, for state.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., GAULTNEY and KREGER, JJ.

OPINION

CHARLES KREGER, Justice.

Lonnie Brown was indicted for the murder of Justin Slider. The cause was tried to a jury, which was instructed on the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide upon the State's request and over Brown's objections. Brown's defense was that he shot Slider as an act of self-defense. The jury, however, found Brown guilty of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. Following the punishment...

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