Blalock v. State

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated kidnapping and assessed his punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, at 60-years confinement. We affirm.

Appellant urges a single point of error, asserting that “the trial court erred in denying his requested jury instruction on the lesser included offense of false imprisonment.”

The complainant, Karen Lowe, was driving her automobile north on Loop 610 East in Houston at about 10:30 p.m. on July 31, 1991. As she proceeded alone, the driver of a truck in an adjacent lane informed her that sparks were coming from her…