Rogers v. State

OPINION

COCHRAN, J.,

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

A jury convicted Bobby Ray Rogers of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced him to life in prison. On appeal, the court of appeals reversed appellant’s conviction and remanded his case for a new trial. 1 We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to determine: 1) whether the court of appeals correctly held that appellant’s trial request for an “accident instruction” was equivalent to a request for a jury instruction on “voluntary conduct”; and if so, 2) whether the court of appeals was then correct to apply the…