Reece v. State

OPINION

JUNELL, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of murder. Punishment was assessed by the court at 25 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant in two grounds of error claims that the trial court should have charged the jury on the law of self defense and granted him a new trial because of improper jury argument by the prosecutor.

Appellant’s claim of self defense is based primarily upon his own trial testimony, which for our purposes we take as true. Appellant and the deceased, Peter Chaney, had been acquaintances for about 10 months prior to the incident. Bad…