Dusti Kenne Lee v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CARTER.

Dusti Kenne Lee admitted that she shot and killed Reggie Williams. During a pretrial conference, the State told the trial court, “I think it’s pretty clear to everybody, that this is going to be a self-defense case.” A jury convicted Lee of murder, and she was sentenced to seventy-five years’ imprisonment. Lee argues that the trial court erred in refusing to include her requested jury charge language referencing self-defense and in submitting a jury charge on the self-defense issue “that misstated the law.” While we find the submitted jury charge erroneous, we…