TOLBERT v. STATE

No. PD-0265-09.

306 S.W.3d 776 (2010)

Vickie Lashun TOLBERT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Scoggins, Dallas, TX, for appellant.

John A. Stride, Asst. Dist. Atty., Denton, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


OPINION

HERVEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The issue presented in this case is whether the trial court was required to sua sponte instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of murder in appellant's capital-murder prosecution. We decide that the trial court was not required to sua sponte provide this jury instruction.

Appellant was charged...

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