Jones v. State

OPINION

STOVER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. Trial was to a jury, whereupon the jury returned a verdict of guilty of the offense of murder as charged in the indictment. Appellant elected to have the jury assess his punishment, and the jury sentenced appellant to fifteen (15) years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and assessed a fine of $5,000.

Appellant urges four points of error: the jury charge was fatally flawed, the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to find appellant did not act in self-defense,…